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, nor dalliance. Spenser. I went to make my court to the Dike and Duches of Newcastle. Evelyn.

h a complete cycle of what is requisite to be done throughout every month of the year. Evelyn.

lind. [Obs.] He was, I think, at this time quite dark, and so had been for some years. Evelyn.

He who declines or rejects. A studious decliner of honors. Evelyn.

Act of lying down; decumbence. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Adapted to destroy or obliterate. [R.] Evelyn.

his delicate life, to the devil went. Piers Plowman. Haarlem is a very delicate town. Evelyn.

A female de [R.] Evelyn.

gn for, to intend to go to. [Obs.] "From this city she designed for Collin [Cologne]." Evelyn.

The individual is nothing. He is no more than the diatom, the bit of protoplasm. Mrs. E. Lynn Linton.

Act of digladiating. [Obs.] "Sore digladiations and contest." Evelyn.

.] I have spoken to my brother, who is the patron, to discourse the minister about it. Evelyn.

Destitute of mettle, that is, or fire or spirit. [R.] Llewellyn.

hat what he designed to bestow on her funeral, he would rather dispose among the poor. Evelyn.

Dominion; rule. [Obs.] Evelyn.

To turn aside; to digress. [Obs.] I diverted to see one of the prince's palaces. Evelyn.

as interred in a very honorable manner in our dormitory, joining to the parish church. Evelyn.

t an excellent drollery, which I afterward parted with to my brother George of Wotton. Evelyn.

t; to sweeten; to free from acidity. Succory . . . edulcorated with sugar and vinegar. Evelyn.

An island in a river; an ait. [Obs.] "Osiers on their eights." Evelyn.