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whose friendly feelings may be assumed. The word is some times used as a term of friendly address. Friend, how camest thou in hither Matt. xxii. 12.

dapted to a refined or cultivated taste; polite; well-bred; as, genteel company, manners, address.

; amiable; tender; as, a gentle nature, temper, or disposition; a gentle manner; a gentle address; a gentle voice.

A man, irrespective of condition; -- used esp. in the plural (= citizens; people), in addressing men in popular assemblies, etc.

Farewell; a form of address used at parting. See the last Note under By, prep. Shak.

To address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or through the intervention of another, or by writing or token. My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you. Shak.

To call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address.

d ease; graceful; becoming; appropriate; as, a handsome style, etc. Easiness and handsome address in writing. Felton.

With address or dexterity; gracefully; felicitously; in a manner to success; with success. Formed by thy converse, happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe. Pope.

A speech addressed to a large public assembly; a popular oration; a loud address a multitude; in a bad sense, a noisy or pompous speech; declamation; ranting. Gray-headed men and grave, with warriors mixed, Assemble, and harangues are heard. Milton.

A headdress; a covering of the head; as, a laced head; a head of hair. Swift.

Headdress.

A headdress. "A headtire of fine linen." 1 Edras iii. 6.

A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address. "I speak to thee, my heart." Shak.

An exclamation used in addressing a familiar acquaintance. [Obs.] Shak.

Comrade; boon companion; good fellow; -- a term of familiar address and fellowship among sailors. Dickens.

The platform on which candidates for Parliament formerly stood in addressing the electors. [Eng.] When the rotten hustings shake In another month to his brazen lies. Tennyson.

or done offhand, at the moment, or without previous study; an extemporaneous composition, address, or remark.

Pertaining to, or performed or pronounced at, an inauguration; as, an inaugural address; the inaugural exercises.

te upon the back or outside of a paper or letter, as a direction, heading, memorandum, or address.