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enemies tempt and deter us from our duty. Tillotson. My own face deters me from my glass. Prior.

s of your conscience; the dictates of the gospel. I credit what the Grecian dictates say. Prior.

Didactic; preceptive. [R.] Prior.

and were formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; -- called also dill-seed. Dr. Prior.

face of some part of the body, esp. on the cheek or chin. Milton. The dimple of her chin. Prior.

Disinterestedness; impartiality; fairness. [Obs.] Prior.

t what could swords or poisons, racks or flame, But mangle and disjoint the brittle frame Prior.

ast or future, between two eras or events. Ten years' distance between one and the other. Prior. The writings of Euclid at the distance of two thousand years. Playfair.

mission, suppression or cutting off, release or exhaust, and compression of exhaust steam prior to the next admission. Geographical distribution, the natural arrangements of animals and plants in particular regions or districts.

A pretended deity of pagans; a false god. Beastly divinities, and droves of gods. Prior.

The berry of the dogwood; -- called also dogcherry. Dr. Prior. Dogberry tree (Bot.), the dogwood.

, revel and domineer. Shak. His wishes tend abroad to roam, And hers to domineer at home. Prior.

e whose mind is impaired by age; one in second childhood. The sickly dotard wants a wife. Prior.

clinch, as the fist; -- often followed by up; as, to double up a sheet of paper or cloth. Prior. Then the old man Was wroth, and doubled up his hands. Tennyson.

brome grass, or darnel grass; -- called also drawk, dravick, and drank. [Prov. Eng.] Dr. Prior.

an I, untouched, the fair one's passions move, Or thou draw beauty and not feel its power Prior.

associations; comfortless; dismal; gloomy. " Dreary shades." Dryden. "The dreary ground." Prior. Full many a dreary anxious hour. Keble. Johnson entered on his vocation in the most dreary part of that dreary interval which separated two ages of prosperity. Macaulay.

e whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a buffoon; a merry-andrew. Prior.

In advance of the usual or appointed time; in good season; prior in time; among or near the first; -- opposed to Ant: late; as, the early bird; an early spring; early fruit. Early and provident fear is the mother of safety. Burke. The doorsteps and threshold with the early grass springing up about them. Hawthorne.…

Readily; without reluctance; willingly. Not soon provoked, she easily forgives. Prior.