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Playful; wanton; sportive. [R.] R. Browning. -- Play"some*ness, n. [R.]

ed because it contains the tombs of Chaucer, Spenser, Dryden, Ben Jonson, Gray, Tennyson, Browning, and other English poets, and memorials to many buried elsewhere.

The frescoed porch or gallery in Athens where Zeno taught. R. Browning.

pitate; as, precipitous attempts. Sir T. Browne. "Marian's low, precipitous `Hush!'" Mrs. Browning. -- Pre*cip"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Pre*cip"i*tous*ness, n.

The quality or state of being priestly. R. Browning.

Having a tendency by nature; prone; proclivous. [R.] Mrs. Browning.

any kind; food; supplies. [Slang] Swift. So long as he picked from the filth his prog. R. Browning.

world possessed. Spenser. And worldlings in it are less merciful, And more puissant. Mrs. Browning.

midical; as, pyramidal cleavage. The mystic obelisks stand up Triangular, pyramidal. Mrs. Browning.

The dominion, condition, or character of a queen. Mrs. Browning.

bodily and mental." H. Spencer. Deeds will be done; -- while be boasts his quiescence. R. Browning.

e blessed hillside drabs and thieves With mended morals, quotha, -- fine new lives ! Mrs. Browning.

y with a rampire; to form into a rampire. [Archaic] Chapman. "Rampired walls of gold." R. Browning.

To shine, as with rays. Mrs. Browning.

Rebellowing; resounding loudly. [R.] Mrs. Browning.

Recall. [R.] R. Browning.

Reiterating. [R.] Mrs. Browning.

Restoration to an original state; renewal of purity. [R.] R. Browning.

Destitute of resources. Burke. -- Re*source"less*ness, n. R. Browning.

rtaining to, or of the nature of, rhythm DAy and night I worked my rhythmic thought. Mrs. Browning. Rhythmical accent. (Mus.) See Accent, n., 6 (c).