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a burning sensation, as of the skin, from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn. Did not his temples glow In the same sultry winds and acrching heats Addison. The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands. Gay.

To settle as an inhabitant. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.

In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly; partially; as, he halfway yielded. Temples proud to meet their gods halfway. Young.

winters forces the breeders to house and handle their colts six months every year. Sir W. Temple.

5 b. c., to commemorate the dedication of the new altar set up at the purification of the temple of Jerusalem to replace the altar which had been polluted by Antiochus Epiphanes (1 Maccabees i. 58, iv. 59). The feast, which is mentioned in John x. 22, is held for eight days (beginning with the 25th day of Kislev, corre…

ent required is to be hot, to be heady, -- to be violent on one side or the other. Sir W. Temple.

he expelled nations take heart, and when they fly from one country invade another. Sir W. Temple.

Having six columns in front; -- said of a portico or temple. -- n.

A consecrateo place; esp., a temple.

evacuations, excessive hunger, and the like. The nose is pinched, the eyes are sunk, the temples hollow, the ears cold and retracted, the skin of the forehead tense and dry, the complexion livid, the lips pendent, relaxed, and cold; -- so called, as having been described by Hippocrates. Dunglison. -- Hippocratic oath…

hit off, to describe with quick characteristic strokes; as, to hit off a speaker. Sir W. Temple. -- To hit out, to perform by good luck. [Obs.] Spenser.

sition. -- Holy of holies (Script.), the innermost apartment of the Jewish tabernacle or temple, where the ark was kept, and where no person entered, except the high priest once a year. -- Holy One. (a) The Supreme Being; -- so called by way of emphasis. " The Holy One of Israel." Is. xliii. 14. (b) One separated to…

nest physician leaves his patient when he can contribute no farther to his health. Sir W. Temple. Look ye out among you seven men of honest report. Acts vi. 3. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. Rom. xii. 17.

imal fluid, such as often causes an eruption on the skin. "A body full of humors." Sir W. Temple.

y a depravedness of nature, but also a meanness of courage and imbecility of mind. Sir W. Temple.

Formed after a model, pattern, or original. This temple, less in form, with equal grace, Was imitative of the first in Thrace. Dryden.

The state or quality of being immoral; vice. The root of all immorality. Sir W. Temple.

Impartiality. Sir W. Temple.

A person or thing loved or admired. Sir W. Temple.

parcel; as, to inclose a letter or a bank note. The inclosed copies of the treaty. Sir W. Temple.