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To exhibit; to display; as, he was held up as an example. (d) To rein in; to check; to halt; as, hold up your horses. -- To hold water. (a) Literally, to retain water without leaking; hence (Fig.), to be whole, sound, consistent, without gaps or holes; -- commonly used in a negative sense; as, his statements will not…

iquitious; naughtly; bad; improper. Of his own body he was ill, and gave The clergy ill example. Shak.

hensible; to elucidate, explain, or exemplify, as by means of figures, comparisons, and examples.

That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.

A picture, example, or illustration, often taken from sensible objects, and used to illustrate a subject; usually, an extended metaphor. Brande & C.

To follow as a pattern, model, or example; to copy or strive to copy, in acts, manners etc. Despise wealth and imitate a dog. Cowlay.

exhibiting some of the qualities or characteristics of a pattern or model; dependent on example; not original; as, man is an imitative being; painting is an imitative art.

osed state of the mantle which envelops the body. The ship borer (Teredo navalis) is an example.

nt. Locke. Horace laughs to shame all follies and insinuates virtue, rather by familiar examples than by the severity of precepts. Dryden.

an illustrative case; something cited in proof or exemplification; a case occurring; an example. Most remarkable instances of suffering. Atterbury.

To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon. [Obs.] Shak.

roots, of which the flower-de-luce (fleur-de-lis), orris, and other species of flag are examples. See Illust. of Flower-de-luce.

ved in the State of New York, and their history was investigated by R. L. Dugdale as an example of the inheritance of criminal and immoral tendencies, disease, and pauperism. Sixty per cent of those traced showed, degeneracy, and they are estimated to have cost society $1,308,000 in 75 years.

longing to a natural order of plants (Labiatæ), of which the mint, sage, and catnip are examples. They are mostly aromatic herbs.

are very abundant in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The tautog and cunner are American examples.

An instrument for determining the amount of butter fat contained in a given sample of milk.

the legs are often reduced to five pairs. The whale louse, or Cyamus, and Caprella are examples.

Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions. We hare yet large day. Milton.

Generous; ample; liberal. [Obs.]

y of ecclesiastical law adopted in the Christian Church, certain portions of which (for example, the law of marriage as existing before the Council of Tent) were brought to America by the English colonists as part of the common law of the land. Wharton. -- Civil law, a term used by writers to designate Roman law, with…