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The residence of a priest or clergyman. Gwilt.

To multiply; to increase. [Obs.] Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast, Which thou wilt propagate. Shak.

A series of quarters, or small upright posts. See Quarter, n., 1 (m) (Arch.) Gwilt. Quartering block, a block on which the body of a condemned criminal was quartered. Macaulay.

lar ground plot or floor, so as to make a court, yard, etc.; -- sometimes written quink. Gwilt.

es in buildings when the mortar has been dislodged by age and the action of the weather. Gwilt.

e first coat of plaster on brickwork or stonework. (d) The coat of plaster thus laid on. Gwilt. (e) The process of trying out or extracting lard, tallow, etc., from animal fat.

loft or gallery, in a church, on which the rood and its appendagess were set up to view. Gwilt. -- Rood screen (Arch.), a screen, between the choir and the body of the church, over which the rood was placed. Fairholt. -- Rood tower (Arch.), a tower at the intersection of the nave and transept of a church; -- when cro…

The materials of which a roof is composed; materials for a roof. Gwilt.

Cabling. See Cabling. gwilt.

cruel, brutal fellow; a desperate fellow ready for murderous or cruel deeds; a cutthroat. Wilt thou on thy deathbed play the ruffian Shak.

The adytum of a temple. Gwilt.

To dress in any way short of fine tooling or rubbing, as stone. Gwilt.

The art or science of projecting or delineating shadows as they fall in nature. Gwilt.

To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement, plaster, or the like. Gwilt.

uable consideration; to dispose of in return for something, especially for money. If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor. Matt. xix. 21. I am changed; I'll go sell all my land. Shak.

A fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being dried too suddenly. Gwilt.

Full of shakes or cracks; cracked; as, shaky timber. Gwilt.

The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph. Gwilt.

The place of departed spirits; Hades; also, the grave. For thou wilt not leave my soul to sheel. Ps. xvi. 10. (Rev. Ver.)

vision, usually identical with a county, but sometimes limited to a smaller district; as, Wiltshire, Yorkshire, Richmondshire, Hallamshire. An indefinite number of these hundreds make up a county or shire. Blackstone.