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Mocking; scoffing. -- n.

A yellow amorphous substance extracted from juniper berries.

The act or business of putting on lacquer; also, the coat of lacquer put on.

The act, or occupation, of one who launders; washing and ironing.

A propagating by layers. Gardner.

In a leering manner.

The letters made; as, the lettering of a sign.

Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease. To die is the fate of man; but to die with lingering anguish is generally his folly. Rambler.

With delay; slowly; tediously.

A kind of pudding or sausage made of liver or pork. [Obs.] Chapman.

In a loitering manner.

a long time; patient; not easily provoked. The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth. Ex. xxxiv. 6.

Dark and threatening; gloomy; sullen; as, lowering clouds or sky.

In a lowering manner; with cloudiness or threatening gloom.

The business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber. [U.S.]

The act or process of imparting a luster, as to pottery.

Masseteric.

A delicate pastry made of powdered sugar and the whites of eggs whipped up, -- with jam or cream added.

Made of the wool of the merino sheep.

Midlent Sunday, -- supposed to have been originally visiting the mother church to make offerings at the high altar.