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fore him stood, Not rustic as before, but seemlier clad, As one in city or court or place bred. Milton.

Bred of a serpent.

away wrath. Prov. xv. 1. A face with gladness overspread, Soft smiles, by human kindness bred. Wordsworth.

pt for a racing, riding, etc. In the studs of Ireland, where care is taken, we see horses bred of excellent shape, vigor, and size. Sir W. Temple. He had the finest stud in England, and his delight was to win plates from Tories. Macaulay.

A genealogical register of a particular breed or stud of horses, esp. thoroughbreds.

A place where swans are bred. "The largest swannery in England." Encyc. Brit.

A breed of cattle formerly bred in England, but supposed to have originated in Holland and to have been the principal stock from which the shorthorns were derived.

thumb, as on the leaves of a book. Longfellow. (b) The dark spot over each foot in finely bred black and tan terriers. -- Thumb nut, a nut for a screw, having wings to grasp between the thumb and fingers in turning it; also, a nut with a knurled rim for the same perpose. -- Thumb ring, a ring worn on the thumb. Shak.…

e the trustiest and most proper strength of a free nation. Milton. The warrior horse here bred he's taught to train. Dryden.

Not mannerly; ill-bred; rude. -- adv.

To rear, or bring up; to nurse. "Upbred in a foreign country." Holinshed.

ht up without restraint; a pampered pet. Anything, sir, That's dry and wholesome; I am no bred wanton. Beau. & Fl.

Polite; well-bred; complaisant; courteous. Dryden.

greyhound, supposed to have been used formerly by the Danes for chasing wolves. (c) A dog bred between a dog and a wolf, as the Eskimo dog. -- Wolf eel (Zoöl.), a wolf fish. -- Wolf fish (Zoöl.), any one of several species of large, voracious marine fishes of the genus Anarrhichas, especially the common species (A. l…