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. Milton. His captivity in Austria, and the heavy ransom he paid for his liberty. Sir J. Davies/.

Reclining dial, a dial whose plane is inclined to the vertical line through its center. Davies & Peck (Math. Dict.).

es. Hooker. They placed Irish tenants upon the lands relinquished by the English. Sir J. Davies.

y. As when the sun is present all the year, And never doth retire his golden ray. Sir J. Davies.

f curtains which could be let down when occasion required; now, a somewhat similar, but heavier, carriage, inclosed, except in front, and having a door at each side.

Parliament, are extant. Sir M. Hale. The roll and list of that army doth remain. Sir J. Davies.

A thickening, made of flour, for soups and gravies.

Extended area. [Obs.] "The scopes of land granted to the first adventurers." Sir J. Davies.

A cutting; an intersection; as, the point of secancy of one line by another. [R.] Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. ).

Muscle; nerve. [R.] Sir J. Davies.

To slacken; to become relaxed. "When the body's strongest sinews slake." [R.] Sir J. Davies.

mpared and sorted with insects. Bacon. She sorts things present with things past. Sir J. Davies.

"The sacred spring whence and honor streams." red rose of the House of Lancaster. Sir J. Davies.

consistent with. "It stands with reason that they should be rewarded liberally." Sir J. Davies.

s uproar. Being advertised of some stirs raised by his unnatural sons in England. Sir J. Davies.

atient her own faults to see, Turns from herself, and in strange things delights. Sir J. Davies.

on his stuff his skill doth show, And yet the stuff gives not the man his skill. Sir J. Davies.

A space under a roof; a tabernacle; a dwelling. [Obs.] Davies (Holy Roode).

not spin. Spenser. I do distinguish plain Each subtile line of her immortal face. Sir J. Davies.

on, when it is suppressed, doth make the subject weaker, and the prince stronger. Sir J. Davies.