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manship; agency; hence, manner of performance. To change the hand in carrying on the war. Clarendon. Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand. Judges vi. 36.

. Shak. They who were not yet grown to the hardiness of avowing the contempt of the king. Clarendon.

r contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing. A woman of a haughty and imperious nature. Clarendon.

Earnestness; sincerity; heartiness. [R.] Clarendon.

His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot. Clarendon.

ss, n. The absoluteness and illimitedness of his commission was generally much spoken of. Clarendon.

porarily on the mind; sudden motive or influence; impulse. "The impulsion of conscience." Clarendon. "Divine impulsion prompting." Milton.

Not devoted. [Obs.] Bentley. Clarendon.

as sufficiently indisposed towards the persons, or the principles, of Calvin's disciples. Clarendon.

master that . . . took much delight in indoctrinating his young, unexperienced favorite. Clarendon.

God will be very visible in infatuating a people . . . ripe and prepared for destruction. Clarendon.

ishing of this infringement is proper to that jurisdiction against which the contempt is. Clarendon.

To redouble or repeat; to reiterate. Clarendon. . . . She yet ingeminates The last of sounds, and what she hears relates. Sandys.

were inhibited, by proclamation, at the dissolution, so much as to mention a Parliament. Clarendon. Burial may not be inhibited or denied to any one. Ayliffe.

least inkling or glimpse of this island. Bacon. They had some inkling of secret messages. Clarendon.

chment. The loss of Shrewsbury exposed all North Wales to the daily inroads of the enemy. Clarendon. With perpetual inroads to alarm, Though inaccessible, his fatal throne. Milton.

ed reflexively. He insinuated himself into the very good grace of the Duke of Buckingham. Clarendon.

. He bad a natural insinuation and address which made him acceptable in the best company. Clarendon.

Wanting wisdom; stupid; foolish. [R.] Clarendon. -- n.

ty. [Obs.] He lived rather in a fair intelligence than any friendship with the favorites. Clarendon.