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Fragrance; exhalation; odor; perfume. Tennison. The breath of flowers. Bacon.

The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed. Bacon.

The quantity brewed at once. A brewing of new beer, set by old beer. Bacon.

A piece or fragment of a brick. See Bat, 4. Bacon.

here is nothing will bring you more honor . . . than to do what right in justice you may. Bacon.

hairs resembling bristles; rough. The leaves of the black mulberry are somewhat bristly. Bacon.

A spit. [Obs.] He turned a broach that had worn a crown. Bacon.

ed ships; not so great of bulk indeed, but of a more nimble motion, and more serviceable. Bacon.

The action of boiling; boiling. [Obs.] See Ebullition. Bacon.

ernment. There was likewise a law to restrain the by-laws, or ordinances of corporations. Bacon. The law or institution; to which are added two by-laws, as a comment upon the general law. Addison.

roverb; a saying that has a general currency. I knew a wise man that had it for a byword. Bacon.

other, with a view to injure his good name. The calumniation of her principal counselors. Bacon.

A song; esp. a little song or hymn. [Obs.] Bacon.

Close inspection; careful review for verification; as, a canvass of votes. Bacon.

A caviling; a sophism. [Obs.] This doctrine is for caption and contradiction. Bacon.

ich, carries or conveys; a messenger. The air which is but . . . a carrier of the sounds. Bacon.

intelligence to Russell. Macaulay. The sound will be carried, at the least, twenty miles. Bacon.

t her fruit. Mal. iii. 11 The creatures that cast the skin are the snake, the viper, etc. Bacon.

Effective, as a cause or agent; causing. Causative in nature of a number of effects. Bacon.

Wary; cautious. [Obs.] Bacon.