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One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge. Addison. A scholar, yet surely no pedant, was he. Goldsmith.

To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of; as, to perk the ears; to perk up one's head. Cowper. Sherburne.

ty in the Protestant churches; -- often applied as a term of reproach to those who make a display of religious feeling. Also used adjectively.

To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it. To play off, to display; to show; to put in exercise; as, to play off tricks. -- To play one's cards, to manage one's means or opportunities; to contrive. -- Played out, tired out; exhausted; at the end of one's resources. [Colloq.]

Having pluck or courage; characterized by pluck; displaying pluck; courageous; spirited; as, a plucky race. If you're plucky, and not over subject to fright. Barham.

may be prepared, a variety of colors, as certain solutions derived from vegetables, which display colors by fluorescence.

Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.

Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession.

; to magnify; to glorify on account of perfections or excellent works; to do honor to; to display the excellence of; -- applied especially to the Divine Being. Praise ye him, all his angels; praise ye him, all his hosts! Ps. cxlviii. 2.

exhibition; representation; display; appearance; semblance; show. Under the presentation of the shoots his wit. Shak.

A walk for pleasure, display, or exercise. Burke.

To make a solemn declaration or affirmation of; to proclaim; to display; as, to protest one's loyalty. I will protest your cowardice. Shak.

bounty of her name. Chaucer. The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an almighty hand. Addison.

A broad, shallow basket, for displaying fruit or flowers.

An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending, retaining, or displaying, something. Specifically:

uler or government by force; revolt; insurrection. No sooner is the standard of rebellion displayed than men of desperate principles resort to it. Ames.

Displayed with the back toward the spectator; -- said especially of an eagle.

A shelf behind the altar, for display of lights, vases of wlowers, etc.

ckets are used as projectiles for various purposes, for signals, and also for pyrotechnic display.

le Ages, especially those known as romances. These, such as we now know them, and such as display the characteristics above mentioned, were originally metrical, and chiefly written by nations of the north of France. Hallam.