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Solid; gross; opaque. [Obs.] Holland.

Corrosive. [Obs.] Corrasive sores which eat into the flesh. Holland.

cess in the shore. Vessels which were in readiness for him within secret coves and nooks. Holland.

To brood; to incubate. [Obs.] [Tortoises] covey a whole year before they hatch. Holland.

d in his craft or trade; one of superior cunning. In cunning persuasion his craftsmaster. Holland.

move the part. To those also that, with a crick or cramp, have thei necks drawn backward. Holland.

Criminal; involving great crime or grave charges; very wicked; heinous. [Obs.] Holland. -- Crim"i*nous*ly, adv.. -- Crim"i*nous*ness,n. [Obs.]

To bend or curve [Obs.] Crooked and curbed lines. Holland.

A courier or runner. [Obs.] "Cursitors to and fro." Holland.

y [peppers] will catch a blast; and then the seeds will be deaf, void, light, and naught. Holland. Deaf and dumb, without the sense of hearing or the faculty of speech. See Deaf-mute.

The office of a decemvir. Holland.

Pottery made at the city of Delft in Holland; hence:

m to be more fine in their houses than their neighbors, -- are only of the Corinth metal. Holland.

To madden; to rave. [Obs.] An infatuating and delirating spirit in it. Holland.

efits and demerits whereby they obliged their adherents, [they] acquired this reputation. Holland.

Demonstration; proof. [Obs.] Holland.

ee. Spenser. In few words shall see the nature of many memorable persons . . . depainted. Holland.

Driving or thrusting away; averting. [R.] Holland.

For fear it [water] choke up the pits . . . they [the workman] derive it by other drains. Holland. Her due loves derived to that vile witch's share. Spenser. Derived to us by tradition from Adam to Noah. Jer. Taylor.

Desirable. [R.] "Good and desiderable things." Holland.