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A collection of objects lodged together. The Maldives, a famous lodge of islands. De Foe.

rd; contemptible; despicable. The Roman legions and great Cæsar found Our fathers no mean foes. J. Philips.

r conflict. Weapons more violent, when next we meet, May serve to better us and worse our foes. Milton.

e beings, and also, figuratively, of things; as, a merciless tyrant; merciless waves. The foe is merciless, and will not pity. Shak.

Measurement, especially of coal. De Foe.

misfortune. When we our betters see bearing our woes, We scarcely think our miseries our foes. Shak.

tedious; wearisome; as, a sermon lasting two mortal hours. [Colloq.] Sir W. Scott. Mortal foe, Mortal enemy, an inveterate, desperate, or implacable enemy; a foe bent on one's destruction.

at any misfortune, as the death of a friend. His mourners were two hosts, his friends and foes. Byron.

Lying farthest north; northernmost. Northmost part of the coast of Mozambique. De Foe.

Obdurate; hard. [Obs.] This saw his hapless foes, but stood obdured. Milton.

nience requires; occasionally. "That we might have intelligence from him on occasion," De Foe.

defensive, a leaque that requires all the parties to it to make war together against any foe, and to defend one another if attacked.

One who opposes; an adversary; an antagonist; a foe. Macaulay.

ion, character, or manner of pedagogues. Milton. Avocation of pedantry and pedagogism. De Foe.

To hold in play, to keep occupied or employed. I, with two more to help me, Will hold the foe in play. Macaulay.

A small European carnivore of the Weasel family (Putorius foetidus). Its scent glands secrete a substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odor. Called also fitchet, foulmart, and European ferret.

he masts and spars of vessels, as Calophyllum angustifolium, C. inophullum, and Sterculia foetida; -- called also peon.

quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of ale. "Give her a pot and a cake." De Foe.

We praise not Hector, though his name, we know, Is great in arms; 't is hard to praise a foe. Dryden.

o damage; to injure; to impair; as, to prejudice a good cause. Seek how may prejudice the foe. Shak