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yron. He shall, by thy revenging hand, at once receive the just guerdon of all his former villainies. Knolles.

Half-bred; imperfect. [R.] "A half-strained villain." Dryden.

A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country. The country wasted, and the hamlets burned. Dryden.

roperty in common. In 1803, a portion of this sect settled in Pennsylvania and called the village thus established, Harmony.

A head or leading man, especially of a village community.

nce of virtue or religion; a simulation of goodness. Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of villainy. Rambler. Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue. La Rochefoucauld (Trans. ).

lose or place in the midst of; to surround or shelter; as, a house imbosomed in a grove. "Villages imbosomed soft in trees." Thomson. The Father infinite, By whom in bliss imbosomed sat the Son. Milton.

orporation, from property; as, a large income. No fields afford So large an income to the village lord. Dryden.

Defenseless. [Obs.] The sword awes the indefensive villager. Sir T. Herbert.

r the state of being instigated; incitement; esp. to evil or wickedness. The baseness and villainy that . . . the instigation of the devil could bring the sons of men to. South.

A village or district the government and revenues of which are assigned to some person, usually in consideration of some service to be rendered, esp. the maintenance of troops. [Written also jaghire, jagir, etc.] [India] Whitworth.

Destitute of kindness; unnatural.[Obs.] "Kindless villain." Shak.

A large chamber built under, or in, the houses of a Pueblo village, used as an assembly room in religious rites or as a men's dormitory. It is commonly lighted and entered from an opening in the roof.

A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person; a rogue; a villain. "A pair of crafty knaves." Shak. In defiance of demonstration, knaves will continue to proselyte fools. Ames.

The practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish action. This is flat knavery, to take upon you another man's name. Shak.

Like or characteristic of a knave; given to knavery; trickish; fraudulent; dishonest; villainous; as, a knavish fellow, or a knavish trick. "Knavish politicians." Macaulay.

A collection of huts within a stockade; a village; sometimes, a single hut. [South Africa]

Free to excess; regardless of law or moral restraint; licentious. " Most like a liberal villain." Shak.

That may be or can be lodged; as, so many persons are not lodgeable in this village.

tinction from one consisting of a single spar. Made up. (a) Complete; perfect. "A made up villain." Shak. (b) Falsely devised; fabricated; as, a made up story. (c) Artificial; as, a made up figure or complexion.