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A day given to play or diversion; a holiday. Swift.

A companion in diversions; a playfellow.

Time for play or diversion.

Amusement; sport; diversion; self-indulgence; frivolous or dissipating enjoyment; hence, sensual gratification; -- opposed to labor, service, duty, self-denial, etc. "Not sunk in carnal pleasure." Milton. He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man. Prov. xxi. 17. Lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God. 2 Tim. iii…

e; to braid; to fold; to plait.[Obs.] "To sew and plight." Chaucer. A plighted garment of divers colors. Milton.

and Coromandel coasts. -- Poison oak (Bot.), the poison ivy; also, the more shrubby Rhus diversiloba of California and Oregon. Poison sac. (Zoöl.) Same as Poison gland, above. See Illust. under Fang. -- Poison sumac (Bot.), a poisonous shrub of the genus Rhus (R. venenata); -- also called poison ash, poison dogwood,…

The order of prelates, taken collectively; the body of ecclesiastical dignitaries. "Divers of the reverend prelacy, and other most judicious men." Hooker.

A division of swimming birds which includes the grebes, divers, auks, etc., in which the legs are placed far back.

Strong to the taste. "Divers sea fowls taste rank of the fish on which they feed." Boyle.

state of being recreated; refreshment of the strength and spirits after toil; amusement; diversion; sport; pastime.

Remission from attention and effort; indulgence in recreation, diversion, or amusement. "Hours of careless relaxation." Macaulay.

Turned upside down; greatly disturbed. [Obs.] He found the sea diverse With many a windy storm reverse. Gower.

of rapidly revolving wheels. The species are very numerous in fresh waters, and are very diversified in form and habits.

. it is impossible for detached papers to have a general run, or long continuance, if not diversified with humor. Addison.

lusters from muscular capsules, and are used in locomotion and for defense. They are very diverse in form.

Diverse; different; various. Spenser. Habits and faculties, several, and to be distinguished. Bacon. Four several armies to the field are led. Dryden.

h a tendency to use the left hand. Many, in their infancy, are sinistrously disposed, and divers continue all their life left-handed. Sir T. Browne.

Diversion of the field, as fowling, hunting, fishing, racing, games, and the like, esp. when money is staked.

A natural spot of a color different from the gound. Swift trouts, diversified with crimson stains. Pope.

er. One of the strange queen's lords. Shak. I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers tongues. Ascham.