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Spoil. [Obs.] Wolsey.

Diminution of swelling; subsidence of anything swollen. [R.] Cudworth.

An animal that walks on its toes, as the cat, lion, wolf, etc.; -- distinguished from a plantigrade, which walks on the palm of the foot.

dog found in Australia, but supposed to have introduced at a very early period. It has a wolflike face, bushy tail, and a reddish brown color.

disagreeable to one is many times agreeable to another, or disagreeable in a less degree. Wollaston.

Capability or liableness to be discerped. [R.] Wollaston.

To act foolishly. [Obs.] He wol make him doten anon right. Chaucer.

hromatic dispersion, thus rendering the image of an object more clear and distinct. W. H. Wollaston.

The old plural of Eye. And eke with fatness swollen were his een. Spenser.

Again; afterwards; soon; quickly. [Obs.] I wold never eft comen into the snare. Spenser.

Swollen; protuberant. [Obs.] "An embossed carbuncle." Shak.

Made large or larger; extended; swollen. -- En*lar"ged*ly, adv. -- En*lar"ged*ness, n.

er of an epitaph. [R.] The common in their speeches epitaph upon him . . . "He lived as a wolf and died as a dog." Bp. Hall.

The state of a part which, from having been soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue.

arge and powerful dogs used by the Eskimos to draw sledges. It closely resembles the gray wolf, with which it is often crossed.

tible. The difference between right and wrong, is some petty cases, is almost evanescent. Wollaston.

Swollen out; protuberant. [R.] "Extuberant lips." Gayton.

With joy; gladly; -- with wold. He would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat. Luke xv. 16. Fain Would I woo her, yet I dare not. Shak.

Wild; untamed; savage; as, lions, tigers, wolves, and bears are ferine beasts. Sir M. Hale. -- n.

The dung of the fox, wolf, boar, or badger.