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mist; dim; obscure; clouded; as, misty sight. The more I muse therein [theology], The mistier it seemeth. Piers Plowman.

Covered with a mitten or mittens. "Mittened hands." Whittier.

greatest or highest degree. Those nearest to this king, and most his favorites, were courtiers and prelates. Milton.

xtent; greatly; abundantly; far; nearly. "Much suffering heroes." Pope. Thou art much mightier than we. Gen. xxvi. 16. Excellent speech becometh not a fool, much less do lying lips a prince. Prov. xvii. 7. Henceforth I fly not death, nor would prolong Life much. Milton. All left the world much as they found it. Sir W.…

as Tasmanian devil, under Devil. -- Native hen (Zoöl.), an Australian rail (Tribonyx Mortierii). -- Native pheasant. (Zoöl.) See Leipoa. -- Native rabbit (Zoöl.), an Australian marsupial (Perameles lagotis) resembling a rabbit in size and form. -- Native sloth (Zoöl.), the koala. -- Native thrush (Zoöl.), an Aust…

to open a room; to open a letter. And all the windows of my heart I open to the day. Whittier.

being at a distance from the central part, or the main body; being on, or beyond, the frontier; exterior; remote; detached.

ward, or forward; to advance by sliding. [Poetic] At last our grating keels outslide. Whittier.

A camp permanently intrenched, attached to Turkish frontier fortresses.

To turn pale; to lose color or luster. Whittier. Apt to pale at a trodden worm. Mrs. Browning.

Pale; wanting color; dim. [Poetic] Shak. Whittier.

t To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman; as, to patrol a frontier; to patrol a beat.

An apron for a child to protect the front part of dress; a tier.

A movement executed with the saber or foil; as, tierce point.

An impelling act or movement. God works in all things; all obey His first propulsion. Whittier.

In cards, four successive cards of the same suit. Cf. Tierce,

A row or line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of osiers. Many a mountain nigh Rising in lofty ranks, and loftier still. Byron.

egin anew to be; to act again as. [Archaic.] He seems desirous enough of recommencing courtier. Johnson.

the separate stanzas or divisions of a poetic composition. We hear the wild refrain. Whittier.

e laws which regulate the successions of the seasons. Macaulay. The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own disputes, and regulated their own police. Bancroft.