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Ladyship, a style of address; -- with the personal pronoun. [Obs.] Massinger.

The term is applied esp. to the later works of Wagner: "Tristan und Isolde," "Die Meistersinger," "Rheingold," "Walküre," "Siegfried," "Götterdämmerung," and "Parsifal."

One skilled in the art or science of music; esp., a skilled singer, or performer on a musical instrument.

A building for the shelter of neat cattle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Massinger.

trifle or play. Take heed, daughter, You niggle not with your conscience and religion. Massinger.

a person who is pliant and easily influenced. "A nose of wax to be turned every way." Massinger -- Nose piece, the nozzle of a pipe, hose, bellows, etc.; the end piece of a microscope body, to which an objective is attached. -- To hold, put, or bring one's nose to the grindstone. See under Grindstone. -- To lead by…

Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister. The love we bear our friends... Hath in it certain oblique ends. Drayton. This mode of oblique research, when a more direct one is denied, we find to be the only one in our power. De Quincey. Then would be closed the restless, o…

Sale at public auction. Massinger. Thackeray.

An excessive rate. [R.] Massinger.

ith panes; also, having openings; as, a paned window; paned window sash. "Paned hose." Massinger.

isting; as, passive obedience; passive submission. The best virtue, passive fortitude. Massinger.

d. [Prov. Eng.] Poker picture, a picture formed in imitation of bisterwashed drawings, by singeing the surface of wood with a heated poker or other iron. Fairholt.

] In malice to this good knight's wife, I practiced Ubaldo and Ricardo to corrupt her. Massinger.

A leader of a choir; a directing singer. Specifically:

Going before; preceding. "Our predecessive students." Massinger.

recompense." "A present pardon." Shak. An ambassador . . . desires a present audience. Massinger.

The first or chief female singer in an opera.

A clerk, precentor, singer, or leader of music, in the church.

alian warblers of the genera Acrocephalus, Calamoherpe, and Arundinax. They are excellent singers. -- Sea-sand reed (Bot.), a kind of coarse grass (Ammophila arundinacea). See Beach grass, under Beach. -- Wood reed grass (Bot.), a tall, elegant grass (Cinna arundinacea), common in moist woods.

o interpret; to set forth, represent, or exhibit; as, an actor renders his part poorly; a singer renders a passage of music with great effect; a painter renders a scene in a felicitous manner. He did render him the most unnatural That lived amongst men. Shak.