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dancing; a tune adapted for such playing. Many a hornpipe he tuned to his Phyllis. Sir W. Raleigh.

wisdom of men; as, the present prospects, humanly speaking, promise a happy issue. Sir W. Raleigh.

With exaggeration; in a manner to express more or less than the truth. Sir W. Raleigh.

Worthy of imitation; as, imitable character or qualities. Sir W. Raleigh.

ncomplete. -- In"cho*ate*ly, adv. Neither a substance perfect, nor a substance inchoate. Raleigh.

Want of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism. [R.] Sir W. Raleigh.

lace upon the top of Mount Athos above all clouds of rain, or other inconvenience. Sir W. Raleigh. Man is liable to a great many inconveniences. Tillotson.

Immaterial; incorporeal; spiritual. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

piritual. Moses forbore to speak of angles, and things invisible, and incorporate. Sir W. Raleigh.

An opening from the sea into the land; an inlet. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

There can not be more infinities than one; for one of them would limit the other. Sir W. Raleigh.

To weaken; to enfeeble. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

s. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. The beginning of nations and of the world's inhabitation. Sir W. Raleigh.

To have inherent; to contain in itself; to possess. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

Lying or being between or among; intervening; as, interjacent isles. Sir W. Raleigh.

f so investing. He had refused to yield up to the pope the investiture of bishops. Sir W. Raleigh.

See Keelson. Sir W. Raleigh.

An alligator. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

m of levity to that which ascended; to that which descended, the form of gravity. Sir. W. Raleigh. This bubble by reason of its comparative levity to the fluidity that incloses it, would ascend to the top. Bentley.

tive), had nearly; came little short of. Had like to have been my utter overthrow. Sir W. Raleigh Ramona had like to have said the literal truth, . . . but recollected herself in time. Mrs. H. H. Jackson. Like figures (Geom.), similar figures.