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) To desist from; to forbear; to stop; as, to leave off work at six o'clock. (b) To cease wearing or using; to omit to put in the usual position; as, to leave off a garment; to leave off the tablecloth. (c) To forsake; as, to leave off a bad habit. -- To leave out, to omit; as, to leave out a word or name in writing.…

Wearing a livery. See Livery, 3. The liveried servants wait. Parnell.

esmen, of a priest, of a charity school, etc.; also, the whole body or company of persons wearing such a garb, and entitled to the privileges of the association; as, the whole livery of London. A Haberdasher and a Carpenter, A Webbe, a Dyer, and a Tapicer, And they were clothed all in one livery Of a solempne and a gre…

An animal (usually an old mare), wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack mules. [S. America]

f people's hands, especially their nails. [Men] who had taken good care of their hands by wearing gloves and availing themselves of the services of a manicure. Pop. Sci. Monthly.

ed ! in truth ! -- a term of asseveration said to have been derived from the practice of swearing by the Virgin Mary. [Obs.] Shak.

Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; cincealed; hidden.

An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions. In courtly balls and midnight masquerades. Pope.

One who masquerades; a person wearing a mask; one disguised.

ss is but short, yet it mends garden herbs and fruit. Mortimer. You mend the jewel by the wearing it. Shak.

Covered with, or wearing, a moccasin or moccasins. "Moccasined feet." Harper's Mag.

Wearing motley or party-colored clothing. See Motley, n., 1. "A motley fool." Shak.

Wearing a necklace; marked as with a necklace. The hooded and the necklaced snake. Sir W. Jones.

Not swearing allegiance; -- applied to the party in Great Britain that would not swear allegiance to William and Mary, or their successors.

d, by way of appeal or as a profane exclamation or ejaculation; an expression of profane swearing. "A terrible oath" Shak.

Wearing or furnished with an ochrea or legging; wearing boots; booted. A scholar undertook...to address himself ochreated unto the vice chancellor. Fuller.

A cloth made of worsted and cotton, -- used for wearing apparel.

principal divinities of Egypt, the brother and husband of Isis. He was figured as a mummy wearing the royal cap of Upper Egypt, and was symbolized by the sacred bull, called Apis. Cf. Serapis. -- O*sir"i*an, a.

To exceed in swearing.

To wear out; to consume or destroy by wearing. Milton.