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ing, farewell, etc. Neither bid him God speed. 2. John 10. He bids defiance to the gaping crowd. Granrille.

A round, low-crowned felt hat; a wideawake. "The undignified billycocks and pantaloons of the West." B. H. Chamberlain.

An interior acrow's-foot in the United States.

iption of the court of exchequer of England, an official statement of the revenues of the crown, etc.

the merle. In America the name is given to several birds, as the Quiscalus versicolor, or crow blackbird; the Agelæus phoeniceus, or red-winged blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See Redwing.

A small European song bird (Sylvia atricapilla), with a black crown; the mock nightingale.

To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; as, to bore one's way through a crowd; to force a narrow and difficult passage through. "What bustling crowds I bored." Gay.

in token of salutation, civility, or assent; to make bow. Admired, adored by all circling crowd, For wheresoe'er she turned her face, they bowed. Dryden.

e in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly; as, he braced himself against the crowd. A sturdy lance in his right hand he braced. Fairfax.

The European carrion crow.

A spit. [Obs.] He turned a broach that had worn a crown. Bacon.

ng to a broker or brokers, or to brokerage. [Obs.] Redeem from broking pawn the blemished crown. Shak.

Crowned; having the head encircled as with a diadem. Shak.

udely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd. And leave the world for me to bustle in. Shak.

Agitated; noisy; tumultuous; characterized by confused activity; as, a bustling crowd. "A bustling wharf." Hawthorne.

Crowded with business or activities; -- said of places and times; as, a busy street. To-morrow is a busy day. Shak.

A plant of the genus Ranunculus, or crowfoot, particularly R. bulbosus, with bright yellow flowers; -- called also butterflower, golden cup, and kingcup. It is the cuckoobud of Shakespeare.

indirect means. God known, my son, By what bypaths, and indirect crooked ways, I met this crown. Shak.

To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity.

The top sheaf of a stack of grain: (fig.) the crowning or finishing part of a thing.