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A preamble. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Great hurry; rash, tumultuous haste; impetuosity. "The precipitation of inexperience." Rambler.

; emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods. Let no man anticipate uncertain profits. Rambler.

rong confidence. I dare promise myself you will attest the truth of all I have advanced. Rambler.

as, the puncture of a nail, needle, or pin. A lion may perish by the puncture of an asp. Rambler.

To play at basset, baccara, faro. or omber; to gamble. She heard . . . of his punting at gaming tables. Thackeray.

To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace; -- said of a horse. Fuller.

To walk about; to gad or ramble idly. [Prov. Eng.]

A rambler.

A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition. He may take a range all the world over. South.

The thimble-shaped fruit of the Rubus Idæus and other similar brambles; as, the black, the red and the white raspberry.

Amended in character and life; as, a reformed gambler or drunkard.

ry. Benefits which can not be repaid . . . are not commonly found to increase affection. Rambler.

uncts, of repentance; yet they are too closely connected with it to be easily separated. Rambler.

rth and revel to dispend. Chaucer. Some men ruin . . . their bodies by incessant revels. Rambler. Master of the revels, Revel master. Same as Lord of misrule, under Lord.

The act of roaming; a wandering; a ramble; as, he began his roam o'er hill amd dale. Milton.

æ) of which the rose is the type. It includes also the plums and cherries, meadowsweet, brambles, the strawberry, the hawthorn, applies, pears, service tress, and quinces.

Hence, to wander; to ramble; to rauge; to go, move, or pass without certain direction in any manner, by sailing, walking, riding, flying, or otherwise. For who has power to walk has power to rove. Arbuthnot.

One who wanders about by sea or land; a wanderer; a rambler.

ow would raise a mutiny at Naples. Addison. Praise . . . owes its value to its scarcity. Rambler. The value of an advantage is enhanced by its scarceness. Collier.