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ofessions are apt to see nothing in revenue but banks, and circulations, and annuities on lives, and tontines, and perpetual rents, and all the small wares of the shop. Burke.

bite." Young. -- To the teeth, in open opposition; directly to one's face. "That I shall live, and tell him to his teeth ." Shak.

family Tortricidæ, the larvæ of which usually roll up the leaves of plants on which they live; -- also called leaf roller.

To perform, as a tune; to play. A person is the royal retinue touched a light and lively air on the flageolet. Sir W. Scott.

The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country. Always hankering after the diversions of the town. Addison. Stunned with his giddy larum half the town. Pope.

A mechanic or artificer; esp., one whose livelihood depends upon the labor of his hands. [U.S.] Burrill.

A deliverer; -- a name of infamy given to Christians who delivered the Scriptures, or the goods of the church, to their persecutors to save their lives. Milner.

A fatal and mournful event; any event in which human lives are lost by human violence, more especially by unauthorized violence.

rson to replace a damaged organ or tissue; as, the transplantation of a heart, kidney, or liver.

th beetle. -- Tree bug (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of hemipterous insects which live upon, and suck the sap of, trees and shrubs. They belong to Arma, Pentatoma, Rhaphigaster, and allied genera. -- Tree cat (Zool.), the common paradoxure (Paradoxurus musang). -- Tree clover (Bot.), a tall kind of melilot (M…

A kind of lively dance of a rude, boisterous character. Also, music in triple time appropriate to the dance. [Obs.] All the windows in the town dance new trenchmore. Beau. & Fl.

A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip. His heart bounded as he sometimes could hear the trip of a light female step glide to or from the door. Sir W. Scott.

A division of annelids including those which construct, and habitually live in, tubes. The head or anterior segments usually bear gills and cirri. Called also Sedentaria, and Capitibranchiata. See Serpula, and Sabella.

Restless; agitated; unquiet. Men who live without religion live always in a tumultuary and restless state. Atterbury.

ot or rootstock of the Curcuma longa. It is externally grayish, but internally of a deep, lively yellow or saffron color, and has a slight aromatic smell, and a bitterish, slightly acrid taste. It is used for a dye, a medicine, a condiment, and a chemical test.

oth. (b) To direct inwards; as, to turn the toes in when walking. (c) To contribute; to deliver up; as, he turned in a large amount. [Colloq.] -- To turn in the mind, to revolve, ponder, or meditate upon; -- with about, over, etc. " Turn these ideas about in your mind." I. Watts. -- To turn off. (a) To dismiss contemp…

ip fly. (Zoöl.) (a) The turnip flea. (b) A two-winged fly (Anthomyia radicum) whose larvæ live in the turnip root.

h an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify. [R.] Let us type them now in our own lives. Tennyson.

, subordination, obligation, liability, or the like; as, to travel under a heavy load; to live under extreme oppression; to have fortitude under the evils of life; to have patience under pain, or under misfortunes; to behave like a Christian under reproaches and injuries; under the pains and penalties of the law; the c…

Not lived (in); -- with in.