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A string that draws together a purse or bag. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

A crossbow. [Obs.] Wright.

To cut off the claws and balls of, as of a dog's fore feet. Wright.

A job, price, or profit. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

One who levees. Cartwright.

A rod or pole. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

om the fact that March is the rutting time of hares, when they are excitable and violent. Wright.

ong as George the Fourth could reign, he reigned, And then he mizzled. Epigram, quoted by Wright.

rthday, or one's nativity. [Obs.] "Natalitial poplar." Evelyn. "Natalitious fire." W. Cartwright.

A potion of spirit drank at bedtime. [Cant] Wright.

To spin out to too great length; to protract unduly. W. Cartwright.

A pick. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. Raymond.

A light, thin cake or muffin. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

A playwright. [R.]

A writer of plays; a dramatist; a playwright. Lecky.

Having many pores. Wright.

e of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Wright.

A saddle horse. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

A blast of wind. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. That uncertain season before the rigs of Michaelmas were yet well composed. Burke. To run a rig, to play a trick; to engage in a frolic; to do something strange and unbecoming. He little dreamt when he set out Of running such a rig. Cowper.

with a very full head, used for fastening the rudder irons of ships; -- so called by shipwrights.