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To cheat. [Colloq.] L'Estrange.

; stop; forbear. [Collog] -- To hold forth, to speak in public; to harangue; to preach. L'Estrange. -- To hold in, to restrain one's self; as, he wanted to laugh and could hardly hold in. -- To hold off, to keep at a distance. -- To hold on, to keep fast hold; to continue; to go on. "The trade held on for many years…

To hunt or chase with hounds, or as with hounds. L'Estrange.

The person whose office it is to manage the chase or to look after the hounds. L'Estrange. Huntsman's cup (Bot.), the sidesaddle flower, or common American pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea).

Delirious; infatuated. [Obs.] L'Estrange.

want of foresight or thrift. The improvidence of my neighbor must not make me inhuman. L'Estrange.

ratitude, thou marble-hearted fiend. Shak. Ingratitude is abhorred both by God and man. L'Estrange.

. Acts i. 19. Simonides was an excellent poet, insomuch that he made his fortune by it. L'Estrange.

tically; really; virtually; essentially. "He was miserable to all intents and purpose." L'Estrange.

Unchaste; -- applied to a woman. L'Estrange.

To strike or stab with a pointed instrument. L'Estrange.

money merchant was so proud of his trust that he went juking and tossing of his head. L' Estrange.

To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox. The dog kenneled in a hollow tree. L'Estrange.

s, made by popes of another kidney. Barrow. Millions in the world of this man's kidney. L'Estrange. Your poets, spendthrifts, and other fools of that kidney, pretend, forsooth, to crack their jokes on prudence. Burns.

To seize with the teeth; to gnaw. "Knabbing crusts." [Obs.] L'Estrange.

To beat; to lash; to make stripes on. [Colloq.] I'll lace your coat for ye. L'Estrange.

The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves which succeeds well. L'Estrange.

an foot, on which boots and shoes are formed. The cobbler is not to go beyond his last. L'Estrange. Darning last, a smooth, hard body, often egg-shaped, put into a stocking to preserve its shape in darning.

comes on by degrees, . . . and sudden leaps from one extreme to another are unnatural. L'Estrange. Changes of tone may proceed either by leaps or glides. H. Sweet.

To give a license to. [Obs.] L'Estrange.