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Made thin or less viscid; rarefied. Bacon.

hat which may be heard. [Obs.] Visibles are swiftlier carried to the sense than audibles. Bacon.

The office, or period of office, of an augur. Bacon.

Received by the ear; known by report. "Auricular traditions." Bacon.

Verification; establishment by evidence. Bacon.

so many discordant and contrary opinions in religion, it doth avert them from the church. Bacon. Till ardent prayer averts the public woe. Prior.

evacuate; to withdraw from. [Obs.] Six of us only stayed, and the rest avoided the room. Bacon.

The courts by which anything is carried off. Avoidances and drainings of water. Bacon.

ital. [Obs.] Let it be no bank or common stock, but every man be master of his own money. Bacon.

To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.

A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.

Of humble birth; or low degree; lowly; mean. [Archaic] "A pleasant and base swain." Bacon.

To bastardize. [Obs.] Bacon.

To flutter as a hawk; to bait. [Obs.] Bacon.

A division of an army; a battalion. [Obs.] The king divided his army into three battles. Bacon. The cavalry, by way of distinction, was called the battle, and on it alone depended the fate of every action. Robertson.

n shallow pits or basins, by the heat of the sun; the large crystalline salt of commerce. Bacon. Ure.

To gain or win. [Obs.] Some think to bear it by speaking a great word. Bacon. She was . . . found not guilty, through bearing of friends and bribing of the judge. Latimer.

isbed in himself to die. Jonah iv. 8. Public envy seemeth to beat chiefly upon ministers. Bacon.

To place in a bed. [Obs.] Bacon.

Straw put into a bed. Bacon.