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drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance. And hurl'd them headlong to their fleet and main. Pope.

subjects to other. Thus Virgil says, "dare classibus austros," to give the winds to the fleets, instead of dare classibus austris, to give the fleets to the winds. The hypallage, of which Virgil is fonder than any other writer, is much the gravest fault in language. Landor.

s to the Deity, from thence to prove the incongruity of the worship of them. Bp. Stillingfleet.

consequent; want of just or logical inference or argument; inconclusiveness. Bp. Stillingfleet. Strange, that you should not see the inconsequence of your own reasoning! Bp. Hurd.

iped their images as golds, supposed some spirit to be incorporated therein. Bp. Stillingfleet.

Incapable of being deposed. [R.] Princes indeposable by the pope. Bp. Stillingfleet.

Suggestive; representing the whole by a part, as a fleet by a ship, a forest by a tree, etc. Indicative mood (Gram.), that mood or form of the verb which indicates, that is, which simply affirms or denies or inquires; as, he writes; he is not writing; has the mail arrived

nding which inequality of number, it was resolved in a council of war to fight the Dutch fleet. Ludlow. Sympathy is rarely strong where there is a great inequality of condition. Macaulay.

; to cause to burn, flame, or glow. We should have made retreat By light of the inflamed fleet. Chapman.

the running mass Of metals, and inform the breathing brass. Dryden. Breath informs this fleeting frame. Prior. Breathes in our soul,informs our mortal part. Pope.

s were very weakly inserted where they will be so liable to misconstruction. Bp. Stillingfleet.

islands; insulation. The insularity of Britain was first shown by Agricola, who sent his fleet round it. Pinkerton.

A method of moving a fleet from one formation to another, the direction usually being changed eight points (90º), by means of paths of equal length for each ship. It is prohibited in the United States navy.

gone a long journey. Prov. vii. 19. We must all have the same journey's end. Bp. Stillingfleet.

Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or Bp. Stillingfleet. -- Lam"en*ta*ble*ness, n. -- Lam"en*ta*bly, adv.

See Law binding (above). -- Law day. (a) Formerly, a day of holding court, esp. a court-leet.

advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among; as, the big sloop led the fleet of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages. As Hesperus, that leads the sun his way. Fairfax. And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. Leigh Hunt.

lected and trained for rapid evolutions. -- Light of foot. (a) Having a light step. (b) Fleet. -- Light of heart, gay, cheerful. -- Light oil (Chem.), the oily product, lighter than water, forming the chief part of the first distillate of coal tar, and consisting largely of benzene and toluene. -- Light sails (Naut…

Having light and active wings; volatile; fleeting. Shak.

The European pollack; -- called also laith, and leet. [Scot.]