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g and dawdle over a dish of tea with me. Johnson. We . . . dawdle up and down Pall Mall. Thackeray.

a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope. Mrs. Lambert's little daydream was over. Thackeray.

. That often-quoted passage from Lord Hervey in which the Queen's deathbed is described. Thackeray.

with honors. Her fat neck was ornamented with jewels, rich bracelets decorated her arms. Thackeray.

reflexive pronoun. Her son would demean himself by a marriage with an artist's daughter. Thackeray.

ng. Macaulay. The men, as usual, liked her artless kindness and simple refined demeanor. Thackeray.

t; devilish; as, a demoniac being; demoniacal practices. Sarcastic, demoniacal laughter. Thackeray.

thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. Job xi. 6. John Gay deserved to be a favorite. Thackeray. Encouragement is not held out to things that deserve reprehension. Burke.

A box from which dice are thrown in gaming. Thackeray.

Destitute of comfort; uncomfortable. [R.] A labyrinth of little discomfortable garrets. Thackeray. -- Dis*com"fort*a*ble*ness, n. [Obs.]

ewhat, as the caresses of old gentlemen unshorn and perfumed with tobacco might well do. Thackeray.

Want of respectability. Thackeray.

e physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body. Whose face was distorted with pain. Thackeray.

ng astray; digression. Let us be set down at Queen's Crawley without further divagation. Thackeray.

ifficulty is done away. Paley. Suspicions regarding his loyalty were entirely done away. Thackeray. To do on our own harness, that we may not; but we must do on the armor of God. Latimer. Then Jason rose and did on him a fair Blue woolen tunic. W. Morris (Jason). Though the former legal pollution be now done off, yet t…

cellent phrase that has become vernacular since the appearance of the last dictionaries. Thackeray.

capable of containing many beds; esp., one connected with a college or boarding school. Thackeray.

at of a dowager. Also used figuratively. Mansions that have passed away into dowagerism. Thackeray.

A heavy coach with seats on top; also, a heavy carriage. [Collog.] Thackeray.

To drink drams; to ply with drams. [Low] Johnson. Thackeray.