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necessary for flight. The birds were not as yet fledged enough to shift for themselves. L'Estrange.

one treated with foolish or doting affection. Fondlings are in danger to be made fools. L'Estrange.

A holding with the feet; firm L'Estrange.

is wisdom to consider the end of things before we embark, and to forecast consequences. L'Estrange.

Ominous foreboding; superstitious prognostication. [Obs.] L'Estrange.

Liberal; generous; profuse. [Obs.] Frank of civilities that cost them nothing. L'Estrange.

s. It may be a question whether the wife or the woman was the more freakish of the two. L'Estrange. Freakish when well, and fretful when she's sick. Pope. -- Freak"ish*ly, adv. -- Freak"ish*ness, n.

t or eloquence; rhetoric without thought. Johnson. It was a long speech, but all froth. L'Estrange.

With direct and violentop position; with sudden collision. [Colloq.] L'Estrange.

An ornament [Obs.] L'Estrange.

ely. [Colloq.] Nothing so ridiculous, . . . but it goes down whole with him for truth. L' Estrange. -- To go far. (a) To go to a distance. (b) To have much weight or influence. -- To go for. (a) To go in quest of. (b) To represent; to pass for.

A little mass or collection; a small quantity; a mouthful. [Low] L'Estrange.

To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets. [Low] L'Estrange.

ly; truly. The good woman never died after this, till she came to die for good and all. L'Estrange. -- Good breeding, polite or polished manners, formed by education; a polite education. Distinguished by good humor and good breeding. Macaulay. -- Good cheap, literally, good bargain; reasonably cheap. -- Good considera…

tice. We mistake the gratuitous blessings of Heaven for the fruits of our own industry. L'Estrange.

To put into the gut; to swallow greedily; to gorge; to gormandize. [Obs.] L'Estrange. Dryden.

h vexation. How are superstitious men hagged out of their wits with the fancy of omens. L'Estrange.

ess; to embarrass; to encumber. "Hampered nerves." Blackmore. A lion hampered in a net. L'Estrange. They hamper and entangle our souls. Tillotson.

Difficult to resist or control; powerful. The stag was too hard for the horse. L'Estrange. A power which will be always too hard for them. Addison.

Having the hip dislocated; hence, having one hip lower than the other. L'Estrange.