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bal; as, a junto of ministers; a junto of politicians. The puzzling sons of party next appeared, In dark cabals and mighty juntos met. Thomson.

pangs and efforts of childbirth. The queen's in labor, They say, in great extremity; and feared She'll with the labor end. Shak.

p unto my feet, and a light unto my path. Ps. cxix. 105. Ages elapsed ere Homer's lamp appeared. Cowper.

Languid; drooping.[Obs.] Who, piteous of her woes, reared her lank head. Milton. Lank hair, long, thin hair. Macaulay.

rt of the person thus covered; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; as, to be reared in the lap of luxury. Men expect that happiness should drop into their laps. Tillotson.

ut the negative particle); -- after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension. I feared Lest I might anger thee. Shak.

rods, as ensigns of his office. His duty was to attend the chief magistrates when they appeared in public, to clear the way, and cause due respect to be paid to them, also to apprehend and punish criminals. Lictors and rods, the ensigns of their power. Milton.

er (Naut.), a rope or chain passing through the limbers of a ship, by which they may be cleared of dirt that chokes them. Totten. -- Limber strake (Shipbuilding), the first course of inside planking next the keelson.

Smeared with, or consisting of, lime; viscous. "Limy snares.' Spenser.

Soreness of eyes; the state of being blear-eyes; blearedness.

ionship; lonely; as, a lone traveler or watcher. When I have on those pathless wilds a appeared, And the lone wanderer with my presence cheered. Shenstone.

Hanging down; as, lop ears; -- used also in compound adjectives; as, lopeared; lopsided.

Large-eared.

ch may be known of God is manifest in them. Rom. i. 19. Thus manifest to sight the god appeared. Dryden.

in the development of most crabs. In this stage the legs and abdominal appendages have appeared, the abdomen is relatively long, and the eyes are large. Also used adjectively.

To divide, limit, or bound. [Obs.] Which meared her rule with Africa. Spenser.

A genus of longeared South American monkeys, including numerous species of marmosets. See Marmoset.

Abounding in mud; besmeared or dashed with mud; as, a muddy road or path; muddy boots.

winding it into cops; -- called also jenny and mule-jenny. Mule armadillo (Zoöl.), a long-eared armadillo (Tatusia hybrida), native of Buenos Ayres; -- called also mulita. See Illust. under Armadillo. -- Mule deer (Zoöl.), a large deer (Cervus, or Cariacus, macrotis) of the Western United States. The name refers to it…

To approach; to come nearer; as, the ship neared the land.