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One who cringes.

In a cringing manner.

orked into or attached to the edges and corners of a sail; -- usually in the plural. The cringles are used for making fast the bowline bridles, earings, etc.

One of the ribs in a groined arch, springing from the corners in a diagonal direction.

p. a. & vb. n. of Cure. Curing house, a building in which anything is cured; especially, in the West Indies, a building in which sugar is drained and dried.

Murmuring; grumbling; -- sometimes applied to the rumbling produced by a slight attack of the gripes. [Scot.] Burns.

Boldness; fearlessness; adventurousness; also, a daring act.

ht; the dawn; hence, the beginning. Milton. The tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us. Luke i. 78.

In a deploring manner.

Daring or warlike. [Obs.] Drad for his derring doe and bloody deed. Spenser.

A kind of short-barreled pocket pistol, of very large caliber, often carrying a half-ounce ball.

Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless. -- De*spair"ing*ly, adv. -- De*spair"ing*ness, n.

In a devouring manner.

Same as Diaper, n.,

In a differing or different manner. Boyle.

p. pr. & vb. n. of Disappear.

A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him.

Ruling arrogantly; overbearing. A violent, brutal, domineering old reprobate. Blackw. Mag.

The frame of a door. Milton.

The spring to which a drawbar is attached.