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A tunnel. [Obs.] Shak.

ed; uncivilized. [Obs.] His presence made the rudest peasant melt, That in the wild, uplandish country dwelt. Marlowe.

A washbowl.

ellow-flowered plant (Nasturtium amphibium) related to the water cress and to the horse-radish.

Of or pertaining to a weald, esp. to the weald in the county of Kent, England. [Obs.] Fuller.

Of or pertaining the Wends, or their language.

Moderately wide. Tyndall.

Somewhat wild; rather wild. "A wildish destiny." Wordsworth.

s; wordy. [R.] Sir P. Sidney. -- Word"ish*ness, n. The truth they hide by their dark woordishness. Sir K. Digby.

A language used by German and other Jews, being a Middle German dialect developed under Hebrew and Slavic influence. It is written in Hebrew characters.

A Yid. [Slang]

A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.

To take secretly or dishonestly; to purloin; as, to abstract goods from a parcel, or money from a till. Von Rosen had quietly abstracted the bearing-reins from the harness. W. Black.

To dishonor. "Shall flight abuse your name" Shak.

An oxidation product of uric acid. It is of a pale reddish color, readily soluble in water or alcohol.

A reddish glow seen near sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains; specif., a reillumination sometimes observed after the summits have passed into shadow, supposed to be due to a curving downward (refraction) of the light rays from the west resulting from the cooling of the air.

To dismay; to dishearten; to daunt. [Obs. or Archaic] The Silures, to amate the new general, rumored the overthrow greater than was true. Milton.

An entertainment at which a medley of dishes is set on at the same time.

An ensign or flag. [Obs.] More dishonorable ragged than an old-faced ancient. Shak.

minium, occurring usually in thick rhombic prisms, nearly square, of a grayish or pale reddish tint. It was first discovered in Andalusia, Spain.