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Something fantastical; any trifling, trumpery thing; a toy. Art thou good at these kickshawses! Shak.

he northern parts of all the continents, in summer. It is grayish or ashy above, with the rump and upper tail coverts white, barred with dusky. The lower parts are pale brown, with the flanks and under tail coverts white. When fat it is prized by epicures. Called also dunne.

The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class. The common lag of people. Shak.

To begin a game, round, or trick, with; as, to lead trumps; the double five was led. To lead astray, to guide in a wrong way, or into error; to seduce from truth or rectitude. -- To lead captive, to carry or bring into captivity. -- To lead the way, to show the way by going in front; to act as guide. Goldsmith.…

, butterflies of the genus Kallima, found in Southern Asia and the East Indies. -- Leaf crumpler (Zoöl.), a small moth (Phycis indigenella), the larva of which feeds upon leaves of the apple tree, and forms its nest by crumpling and fastening leaves together in clusters. -- Leaf cutter (Zoöl.) , any one of various sp…

A trumpet call for rousing soldiers; a reveille. [Obs.] Hudibras.

An instrument of martial music; a kind of trumpet of a somewhat curved form and shrill note.

in time; during a long time. They that tarry long at the wine. Prov. xxiii. 30. When the trumpet soundeth long. Ex. xix. 13.

ards are used the highest card is the knave of clubs or (if so agreed upon) the knave of trumps; -- formerly called lanterloo.

The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.

A slave dealer; also, a strumpet. [Obs.]

neus), native of both America and Europe. The adults are bluish slate above, with a white rump. Called also hen harrier, and mouse hawk. (b) The marsh harrier. -- Marsh hen (Zoöl.), a rail; esp., Rallus elegans of fresh-water marshes, and R. longirostris of salt-water marshes. -- Marsh mallow (Bot.), a plant of the g…

In the game of quadrille or omber, the three principal trumps, the ace of spades being the first, the ace of clubs the third, and the second being the deuce of a black trump or the seven of a red one. When Lady Tricksey played a four, You took it with a matadore. Swift.

irect it in a given direction in a greater volume, as a very large funnel used as an ear trumpet or as a speaking trumpet.

Barreled salt beef, packed with about 80 pounds chuck and rump, two flanks, and the rest plates.

To sport with roughly; to rumple. [Written also mouzle.] [Obs.] Wycherley.

To disarrange, as clothing; to rumple. [Colloq. U.S.]

Disarranged; rumpled. [Colloq. U.S.]

The rump of beef; esp., the lower and back part of the rump. Natch bone, the edgebone, or aitchbone, in beef.

nigh. "As one near death." Shak. He served great Hector, and was ever near, Not with his trumpet only, but his spear. Dryden.