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against an established government; insubordinate; rebellious. "The insurgent provinces." Motley.

Existing between royal courts. [R.] "Interaulic politics." Motley.

tually destructive. Internecine quarrels, horrible tumults, stain the streets with blood. Motley.

rew; a court fool. This . . . was Yorick's skull, the king's jester. Shak. Dressed in the motley garb that jesters wear. Longfellow.

iom, or the use thereof; specifically, purity of Latin style or idiom. "His eleLatinity." Motley.

ke a magnet; to move; to influence. Fascinated, magnetized, as it were, by his character. Motley.

secular habits and meager religious belief. I. Taylor. His education had been but meager. Motley.

mity; as, to bear adversity with moderation. The calm and judicious moderation of Orange. Motley.

party. Egmont was imprudent enough to make himself the mouthpiece of their remonstrance. Motley.

The fire of muskets. Motley.

the republic, mortal enemies of his name, came every day to pay their feigned civilities. Motley.

on of that brilliant life which was destined to be so soon, and so fatally, overshadowed. Motley. High noon, the exact meridian; midday. -- Noon of night, midnight. [Poetic] Dryden.

Hence, figuratively: Alone, by reason of superiority; preëminent; chief. "Motley's the only wear." Shak.

Low; mean; boorish; vagabond. "Such pady persons." Digges (1585). "The paddy persons." Motley.

Having a motley coat, or coat of divers colors. Shak.

led; manifest; public; conspicuous. He had received instructions, both patent and secret. Motley.

ty or power of perceiving; used in perception. "His perceptive and reflective faculties." Motley.

ideas of language. To hammer one golden grain of wit into a sheet of infinite platitude. Motley.

Inclination or readiness to fight; quarrelsomeness. " A national pugnacity of character." Motley.

Becoming putrid or rotten. Externally powerful, although putrescent at the core. Motley.