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; comely; graceful; as, a goodly person; goodly raiment, houses. The goodliest man of men since born. Milton.

Abounding in beauty, loveliness, or amiability; graceful; excellent. Since the birth of Cain, the first male child, . . . There was not such a gracious creature born. Shak.

and that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity. Emerson.

England current for twenty-one shillings sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the issue of sovereigns in 1817. The guinea, so called from the Guinea gold out of which it was first struck, was proclaimed in 1663, and to go for twenty shillings; but it never went for less than twenty-one shillings. Pink…

Of a single and sincere heart. If he keeps heart-whole towards his Master. Bunyan.

Sincerely beloved. [R.] Shak.

Earnestness; sincerity; heartiness. [R.] Clarendon.

Hearty; sincere.

From the heart; with all the heart; with sincerity. I heartily forgive them. Shak.

Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the heart; warm; cordial; bold; zealous; sincere; willing; also, energetic; active; eager; as, a hearty welcome; hearty in supporting the government. Full of hearty tears For our good father's loss. Marston.

something difficult. The Church of England had struggled and heaved at a reformation ever since Wyclif's days. Atterbury.

Bringing no help; unaiding. [Obs.] Yet since the gods have been Helpless foreseers of my plagues. Chapman.

Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend. Milton. Hollow newel (Arch.), an opening in the center of a winding staircase in place of a newel post, the stairs being supported by the wall; an open newel; also, the stringpiece or rail winding around the well of such a stairc…

Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within.

Insincerely; deceitfully. Shak.

Insincerity; unsoundness; treachery. South.

he heart in both are only in homoplasy with each other, these having arisen independently since the divergence of both groups from a univentricular ancestor.

ng honest; probity; fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.; integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile. That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 1 Tim. ii. 2.

ousewife or other female manager; to economize. Conferred those moneys on the nuns, which since they have well housewived. Fuller.

th, the principles of the equilibrium of fluids. The first discovery made in hydrostatics since the time of Archimedes is due to Stevinus. Hallam. Hydrostatic balance, a balance for weighing substances in water, for the purpose of ascertaining their specific gravities. -- Hydrostatic bed, a water bed. -- Hydrostatic…