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These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land. Sir J. Davies. A defluxion on my throat impeached my utterance. Howell.

Uncorrupted. [Obs.] Breathed into their incorrupted breasts. Sir J. Davies.

Undepraved. [R.] Davies (Holy Roode).

ttle, and indifferent to most corrosive agents. With the exception of osmium, it is the heaviest substance known, its specific gravity being 22.4. Symbol Ir. Atomic weight 192.5.

ardarms on each side. It was formerly practiced as a punishment in the Dutch and English navies. Totten.

ad intermediate in weight between a hand lead and deep-sea lead. -- Deep-sea lead, the heaviest of sounding leads, used in water exceeding a hundred fathoms in depth. Ham. Nav. Encyc. -- Hand lead, a small lead use for sounding in shallow water. -- Krems lead, Kremnitz lead Etym: [so called from Krems or Kremnitz, i…

at clerks their little wisdom show To mock the lewd, as learn'd in this as they. Sit. J. Davies.

n entire county to any; much less did he grant . . . any extraordinary liberties. Sir J. Davies.

ettle, as a bird or insect. [The bee] lights on that, and this, and tasteth all. Sir. J. Davies. On the tree tops a crested peacock lit. Tennyson.

sense less common than enlighten.] Lighten my spirit with one clear heavenly ray. Sir J. Davies.

Having no limits; unbounded; boundless. Davies (Wit's Pilgr.).

To magnetize.[Obs.] Prior. Loaded dice, dice with one side made heavier than the others, so that the number on the opposite side will come up oftenest.

a poem.[Obs.] Sir J. Davies.

keyboard of an organ or harmonium for the fingers, as distinguished from the pedals; a clavier, or set of keys. Moore (Encyc. of Music).

d at; what one seeks to hit or reach. France was a fairer mark to shoot at than Ireland. Davies. Whate'er the motive, pleasure is the mark. Young.

gold that comes into Spain. Sir W. Raleigh. He had spent a huge mass of treasure. Sir J. Davies.

Not being, or having, matter; as, matterless spirits. Davies (Wit's Pilgr. ).

m"o*ra*bly, adv. Surviving fame to gain, Buy tombs, by books, by memorable deeds. Sir J. Davies.

Intermediate; intervening. Will, seeking good, finds many middle ends. Sir J. Davies.

Thousandfold. [R.] Davies (Holy Roode).