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Head. In his headpiece he felt a sore pain. Spenser.

A helmet-shaped hat, made of cork, felt, metal, or other suitable material, worn as part of the uniform of soldiers, firemen, etc., also worn in hot countries as a protection from the heat of the sun.

g heterogeneous; contrariety. The difference, indeed the heterogeneity, of the two may be felt. Coleridge.

tellectual light or knowledge. The illumination which a bright genius giveth to his work. Felton.

lor. The business of conception is to present us with an exact transcript of what we have felt or perceived. But we have moreover a power of modifying our conceptions, by combining the parts of different ones together, so as to form new wholes of our creation. I shall employ the word imagination to express this power.…

To make pallid; to blanch. [Obs.] Feltham.

Not palpable; that cannot be felt; extremely fine, so that no grit can be perceived by touch. "Impalpable powder." Boyle.

swelt More for great sorrow that he could not pass, Than for the burning torment which he felt. Spenser.

To shut up or inclose, as in a pen. Feltham.

Want or neglect of cultivation or culture. [Obs.] Feltham.

Not diligent; idle; slothful. [Obs.] Feltham. -- In*dil"i*gent*ly, adv. [Obs.]

Absence of expectation. Feltham.

Turned; bent. Feltham.

Deviation from correct orthography; bad spelling. [Obs.] Feltham.

An inquisitive person; one fond of asking questions. [R.] "Inquisitors are tatlers." Feltham.

To render unsound; to make mad. [Obs.] Feltham.

In a manner not to be felt or perceived; imperceptibly; gradually. The hills rise insensibly. Addison.

The inside sole of a boot or shoe; also, a loose, thin strip of leather, felt, etc., placed

's strongest affections on. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. [He] could not but insoul himself in her. Feltham.

Want of success. [R.] Feltham.