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r litter. D. Estrange. Reflect upon numerous litter of strange, senseless opinions that crawl about the world. South.

Given to continual talking; talkative; garrulous. Loquacious, brawling, ever in the wrong. Dryden.

ing Phaëthon Wanting the manage of unruly jades. Shak. The unlucky manage of this fatal brawl. Shak.

In a masterful manner; imperiously. A lawless and rebellious man who held lands masterfully and in high contempt of the royal authority. Macaulay.

To cry, as a young child; to squall. [Written also meawl.] Shak.

The hindmost mast of a three-masted vessel, or of a yawl-rigged vessel.

Like a mob; tumultuous; lawless; as, a mobbish act. Bp. Kent.

ider; -- so called as being popularly supposed to indicate that the person upon whom it crawls will be fortunate in money matters. -- Money's worth, a fair or full equivalent for the money which is paid. -- A piece of money, a single coin. -- Ready money, money held ready for payment, or actually paid, at the time o…

An awl. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Tusser.

One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with half-pence. [Cant] Arbuthnot.

lack, filamentous, fresh- water algæ, the threads of which have an automatic swaying or crawling motion. Called also Oscillatoria.

An awl. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Same as Pawl.

A click or pawl for driving a ratchet wheel.

An utterly lawless, riotous place or assemblage.

und, but different orthography and different meaning; -- said of certain words, as al and awl; hair and hare, etc.

See Pawl.

ives all Sat on his perche, that was in his hall. Chaucer. Not making his high place the lawless perch Of winged ambitions. Tennyson.

A fine material for ladies' shawls, scarfs, handkerchiefs, etc., made from the fiber of the pineapple leaf, and perhaps from other fibrous tropical leaves. It is delicate, soft, and transparent, with a slight tinge of pale yellow.

A fine material for ladies' shawls, scarfs, handkerchiefs, etc., made from the fiber of the pineapple leaf, and perhaps from other fibrous tropical leaves. It is delicate, soft, and transparent, with a slight tinge of pale yellow.