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ing traditional communication, . . . I do not doubt but many of those truths have had the help of that derivation. Sir M. Hale.

discovered, found out, or perceived; as, many minute animals are discoverable only by the help of the microscope; truths discoverable by human industry.

without dismay. Macaulay. Thou with a tiger spring dost leap upon thy prey, And tear his helpless breast, o'erwhelmed with wild dismay. Mrs. Barbauld.

have been first used before imperatives. It expresses entreaty or earnest request; as, do help me. In the imperative mood, but not in the indicative, it may be used with the verb to be; as, do be quiet. Do, did, and done often stand as a general substitute or representative verb, and thus save the repetition of the pri…

his people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing. Matt. xiii. 15. O, help my weak wit and sharpen my dull tongue. Spenser.

A muscle which helps ejaculation.

r hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage. David encouraged himself in the Lord. 1 Sam. xxx. 6.

One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer. The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts. Addison.

lusion of the play. A good play no epilogue, yet . . . good plays prove the better by the help of good epilogues. Shak.

present; to resemble. Each skillful artist shall express thy form. E. Smith. So kids and whelps their sires and dams express. Dryden.

To hold out or reach forth, as the arm or hand. His helpless hand extend. Dryden.

an object exterior to a man, opposed to what is within, or in his mind. Without exterior help sustained. Milton.

To help onward. [R.] See Further.

The young of an animal; a whelp. [Obs.] [The tigress] . . . followeth . . . after her fawns. Holland.

Engaged in the field; encamped. [Obs.] To help fielded friends. Shak.

To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; - - said of a cable or hawser.

The act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying. Like the night owl's lazy flight. Shak.

lace for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on. In ascent, every stfooting and help to the next. Holder.

e; to feed on spoil. His most mighty father on a hill Stood smiling to behold his lion's whelp Forage in blood of French nobility. Shak. Foraging ant (Zoöl.), one of several species of ants of the genus Eciton, very abundant in tropical America, remarkable for marching in vast armies in search of food. -- Foraging cap…

Apt to forget; easily losing remembrance; as, a forgetful man should use helps to strengthen his memory.