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to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Matt. xxiii. 23. Besides it leaveth a suspicion, as if more might be said than is expressed. Bacon.

Life; existence. O, spring to light, auspicious Babe, be born ! Pope.

Producing, or resulting in, good by chance, or unexpectedly; favorable; auspicious; fortunate; as, a lucky mistake; a lucky cast; a lucky hour. We doubt not of a fair and lucky war. Shak.

compensate for; to supply an equivalent for. -- To make up to. (a) To approach; as, a suspicious boat made up to us. (b) To pay addresses to; to make love to. -- To make up with, to become reconciled to. [Colloq.] -- To make with, to concur or agree with. Hooker.

ly. This medley of philosophy and war. Addison. Love is a medley of endearments, jars, Suspicions, reconcilements, wars. W. Walsh.

Misbelief; unbelief; suspicion. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To be suspicious of; to have suspicion. [Obs.] I do not misdoubt my wife. Shak.

Evil premonition; doubt; distrust. "Suspicious and misgivings." South.

Want of confidence or trust; suspicion; distrust. Milton.

Having or causing mistrust, suspicions, or forebodings. Their light blown out in some mistrustful wood. Shak. -- Mis*trust"ful*ly, adv. -- Mis*trust"ful*ness, n.

With distrust or suspicion.

Having no mistrust or suspicion. The swain mistrustless of his smutted face. Goldsmith.

The American, or Clarke's, nutcracker (Picicorvus Columbianus) of Western North America.

Inauspicious; ill-omened. [R.] [A Latinism] At the cheerful light, The groaning ghosts and birds obscene take flight. Dryden.

le and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous dread. He had a good ominous name to have made a peace. Bacon. In the heathen worship of God, a sacrifice without a heart was accounted ominous. South. -- Om"i*nous*ly, adv. -- Om"i*nous*ness, n.…

Inquisitive; suspicious; sharp. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] "Two peery gray eyes." Sir W. Scott.

A notable or distinguished person; a conspicious or peculiar character; as, an illustrious personage; a comely personage of stature tall. Spenser.

Having a conspicious tongue; -- said of certain reptiles and insects.

Like or pertaining to the Pici.

Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple.