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To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach. We have none to blame but ourselves. Tillotson.

A cover or protection for an advanced trench or approach, formed of fascines and earth supported by a framework.

A spot on reputation; a stain; a disgrace; a reproach; a blemish. This deadly blot in thy digressing son. Shak.

To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo. [Obs.] I will board her, though she chide as loud As thunder when the clouds in autumn crack. Shak.

To approach; to come near to; to verge. Wit which borders upon profaneness deserves to be branded as folly. Abp. Tillotson.

To reproach. [Obs.] See Upbraid. Shak.

In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought. [Colloq.] To burn out, to burn till the fuel is exhausted. -- To burn up, To burn down, to be entirely consumed.

The tail, or brush, of a fox. To beat about the bush, to approach anything in a round-about manner, instead of coming directly to it; -- a metaphor taken from hunting. -- Bush bean (Bot.), a variety of bean which is low and requires no support (Phaseolus vulgaris, variety nanus). See Bean, 1. -- Bush buck, or Bush go…

Growing white, or assuming a color approaching to white.

A light vessel or proa used by the people of Borneo, etc., and by the Dutch in the East Indies.

A contemptible or worthless person; -- a term of reproach. [Obs.] "Old feeble carrions." Shak.

A native of Cathay or China; a foreigner; -- formerly a term of reproach. Shak.

A hollow way, adapted to cover troops, and facilitate their aproach to a place. Farrow.

Tending, or causing, to approach the center.

An african ape (Anthropithecus troglodytes or Troglodytes niger) which approaches more nearly to man, in most respects, than any other ape. When full grown, it is from three to four feet high.

choke off, to stop a person in the execution of a purpose; as, to choke off a speaker by uproar.

Clamor, or confused noise; buzzing. [Obs.] The churme of a thousand taunts and reproaches. Bacon.

e terms proposed. (b) To make an agreement with. -- To close with the land (Naut.), to approach the land.

To draw or keep near; to approach. [Obs.] Anon she hears them chant it lustily, And all in haste she coasteth to the cry. Shak.

To move hitherward; to draw near; to approach the speaker, or some place or person indicated; -- opposed to go. Look, who comes yonder Shak. I did not come to curse thee. Tennyson.