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information, guidance, help, etc. "Remitting them . . . to the works of Galen." Sir T. Elyot. (b) To submit, refer, or leave (something) for judgment or decision. "Whether the counsel be good Iremit it to the wise readers." Sir T. Elyot.

To feel remorse. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

Opprobrius; scurrilous. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot. -- Re*proach"a*ble*ness, n. -- Re*proach"a*bly, adv.

resembling a rose in smell or color. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

xpedient, after that body is cleaned, to rub the body with a coarse linen cloth. Sir T. Elyot.

One of the bony, cartilaginous, or membranous partitoins which separate the myotomes. -- Scler`o*tom"ic, a.

spices. The one is named justice distributive, the other is called commutative. Sir T. Elyot.

A spot or stain; also, a trick. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

An engine for casting stones. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from the good. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

eful. He is unkind that recompenseth not; but he is most unkind that forgetteth. Sir T. Elyot. -- Un*kind"ly, adv. -- Un*kind"ness, n.

[Obs.] [They] vouch (as I might say) to their aid the authority of the writers. Sir T. Elyot.

lupus), the American gray, or timber, wolf (C. occidentalis), and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in packs, and may thus attack large animals and even man.

-- Sea woodcock fish, the bellows fish. -- Woodcock owl, the short-eared owl (Asio brachyotus). -- Woodcock shell, the shell of certain mollusks of the genus Murex, having a very long canal, with or without spines. -- Woodcock snipe. See under Snipe.