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White. [Obs.] The box receives all black; but poured from thence, The stones came candid forth, the hue of innocence. Dryden.

To bring forth prematurely; to slink. Thy she-goats have not cast their young. Gen. xxi. 38.

That which is cast or brought forth prematurely; an abortion. Sir T. Browne.

That part of a speech, usually the exordium, in which the orator sets forth the subject matter to be discussed.

ls, including the whales. Like ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring forth living young which they suckle for some time. The anterior limbs are changed to paddles; the tail flukes are horizontal. There are two living suborders: (a) The Mysticete or whalebone whales, having no true teeth after birth…

ballot, annual parliaments, equal electoral districts, and other radical reforms, as set forth in a document called the People's Charter.

The act of producing or bringing forth children; parturition. Milton. Addison.

The state of a woman bringing forth a child, or being in labor; parturition.

The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor. Jer. Taylor.

To shoot out; to sprout. I have known barley chit in seven hours after it had been thrown forth. Mortimer.

ndividuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob. As bees . . . Pour forth their populous youth about the hive In clusters. Milton. We loved him; but, like beasts And cowardly nobles, gave way unto your clusters, Who did hoot him out o' the city. Shak.

y legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.

a throught or idea; conceivable; thinkable. Creation is cogitable by us only as a putting forth of divine power. Sir W. Hamilton.

ave sexual intercourse; -- with to or unto. Gen. xxxviii. 16. (j) To have young; to bring forth; as, the cow will come in next May. [U. S.] -- To come in for, to claim or receive. "The rest came in for subsidies." Swift. -- To come into, to join with; to take part in; to agree to; to comply with; as, to come into a pa…

To call forth; to summon. [Obs.] Chapman. She had this knight from far compelled. Spenser.

f-reliance; -- often with self prefixed. Your wisdom is consumed in confidence; Do not go forth to-day. Shak. But confidence then bore thee on secure Either to meet no danger, or to find Matter of glorious trial. Milton.

To affect or effect by conjuration; to call forth or send away by magic arts; to excite or alter, as if by magic or by the aid of supernatural powers. The habitation which your prophet . . . conjured the devil into. Shak. To conjure up, or make visible, as a spirit, by magic arts; hence, to invent; as, to conjure up a…

To gain the victory; to overcome; to prevail. He went forth conquering and to conquer. Rev. vi. 2. The champions resolved to conquer or to die. Waller.

to ponder; to study; to meditate on. I will consider thy testimonies. Ps. cxix. 95. Thenceforth to speculations high or deep I turned my thoughts, and with capacious mind Considered all things visible. Milton.

ce, or one general light. [R.] The several things which engage our affections . . . shine forth and constellate in God. Boule.