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Of, pertaining to, or having the nature of, atheroma. Wiseman.

1. Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely. Sometimes athwart, sometimes he strook him straight. Spenser.

accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest. Is he wise who hopes to attain the end without the means Abp. Tillotson.

's tool for boring holes larger than those bored by a gimlet. It has a handle placed crosswise by which it is turned with both hands. A pod auger is one with a straight channel or groove, like the half of a bean pod. A screw auger has a twisted blade, by the spiral groove of which the chips are discharge.…

Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath. For wiser brutes were backward to be slaves. Pope.

g easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else. "Having two barbs or points." Ascham.

h or perch where they roost. The birds, flying to the light, are caught with nets or otherwise.

.), a door made of boards of the whole length of the door, secured by battens nailed crosswise.

That which gives notice of danger. Modest doubt is called The beacon of the wise. Shak. Beacon fire, a signal fire.

art of the helmet or fixed to the breastplate. It was so constructed (with joints or otherwise) that the wearer could raise or lower it to eat and drink.

To go to bed; to cohabit. If he be married, and bed with his wife. Wiseman.

ief. Superstitious prophecies are not only the belief of fools, but the talk sometimes of wise men. Bacon.

furnish with benches. 'T was benched with turf. Dryden. Stately theaters benched crescentwise. Tennyson.

Salubrity; wholesome quality. Wiseman.

To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed. All the names in the country betray great antiquity. Bryant.

To improve the condition of, morally, physically, financially, socially, or otherwise. The constant effort of every man to better himself. Macaulay.

In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias.

A mode of tenure by the payment of a small duty in white rent (silver) or otherwise.

sical or moral; anything; that diminishes beauty, or renders imperfect that which is otherwise well formed; that which impairs reputation. He shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish. Lev. xiv. 10. The reliefs of an envious man are those little blemishes and imperfecti…

The color of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs; -- otherwise called peach color. In blossom, having the blossoms open; in bloom.