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esthood; sacerdotal; befitting or becoming a priest; as, the priestly office; a priestly farewell. Shak.

Consisting of, or resembling, puddles; muddy; foul. "Thick puddly water." Carew.

A contest; a struggle; as, a wrestling pull. Carew.

to take by a promiscuous sweep. [Obs.] Causes and effects which I thus raff up together. Carew.

low cut or channel for quiding anything; as, the reigle of a side post for a flood gate. Carew.

n, as for a holy being or place; the disposition to revere; veneration. If thou be poor, farewell thy reverence. Chaucer. Reverence, which is the synthesis of love and fear. Coleridge. When discords, and quarrels, and factions, are carried openly and audaciously, it is a sign the reverence of government islost. Bacon.…

Scantness; scarcity. [R.] T. Carew.

The office or dignity of a senator. Carew.

he customary act of civility by clasping and moving hands, as an expression of greeting, farewell, good will, agreement, etc. -- To shake out a reef (Naut.), to untile the reef points and spread more canvas. -- To shake the bells. See under Bell. -- To shake the sails (Naut.), to luff up in the wind, causing the sai…

ields are in some places . . . so shelfy that the corn hath much ado to fasten its root. Carew.

A fish resembling the trout. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Garew.

Obliquely. [Obs.] Carew.

A snipe. [Obs. or Scot.] Carew.

Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary. He was spare, but discreet of speech. Carew.

Exercising speculation; speculative. T. Carew.

reme that they can not endure it above four hours in a day, but are succeeded by spells. Garew.

to sunder a limb; to sunder friends. It is sundered from the main land by a sandy plain. Carew.

When the price of corn falleth, men give over surplus tillage, and break no more ground. Carew.

nder the hawthornn in the dale. Milton. In packing, they keep a just tale of the number. Carew.

some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality. Equity, the true touch of all laws. Carew. Friends of noble touch . Shak.