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and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehended in vision; as, gay colors; sad colors, etc.

be tragical because its catastrphe is a wedding, which hath ever been accounted comical. Gay.

To be a gay companion. [Obs.] Spenser.

r that which, quits or calms; one who adjust a difference. Sweet composes of the pensive sGay.

meeting in one place. Amidst the concourse were to be seen the noble ladies of Milan, in gay, fantastic cars, shining in silk brocade. Prescott.

ing into a narrow compass; to compress. How the strait stays the slender waist constrain. Gay.

ughts or views; conversation; chat. Formed by thy converse happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe. Pope.

r entertainment, or to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity; festive; social; gay; jovial. Which feasts convivial meetings we did name. Denham.

A gay, licentious person. [Obs.]

petals. It is usually distinguished from the calyx by the fineness of its texture and the gayness of its colors. See the Note under Blossom.

To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance. "The cock had crown." Bayron. The morning cock crew loud. Shak.

und her slender waist he curled. Dryden. Curling smokes from village tops are seen. Pope. Gayly curl the waves before each dashing prow. Byron. He smiled a king of sickly smile, and curled up on the floor. Bret Harte. . 358

Gay; playful; frolicsome. [Scot.] Jamieson.

A dark blue, edible berry with a white bloom, and its shrub (Gaylussacia frondosa) closely allied to the common huckleberry. The bush is also called blue tangle, and is found from New England to Kentucky, and southward.

deals out her blessings and her gold. Tickell. The nightly mallet deals resounding blows. Gay. Hissing through the skies, the feathery deaths were dealt. Dryden.

embellish. Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency. Job xl. 10. And deck my body in gay ornaments. Shak. The dew with spangles decked the ground. Dryden.

lever; handy; spruce; neat. [Archaic or Poetic] "The deftest way." Shak. "Deftest feats." Gay. The limping god, do deft at his new ministry. Dryden. Let me be deft and debonair. Byron.

deserves praise. God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. Job xi. 6. John Gay deserved to be a favorite. Thackeray. Encouragement is not held out to things that deserve reprehension. Burke.

To sound with a din; a ding. The gay viol dinning in the dale. A. Seward.

One who, or that which, dispeoples; a depopulator. Gay.