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To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. [Obs.] The horse-chestnut is . . . ready to explain its leaf. Evelyn.

; fictitious; as, a fabulous description; a fabulous hero. The fabulous birth of Minerva. Chesterfield.

The best or richest productions; the best part; as, to live on the fat of the land.

and lower part of the back are ash-colored; the upper part of the back and wing coverts, chestnut; -- called also fellfare.

An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest founder. See Chest ffounder. James White.

d found in the bark of the ash (Fraxinus) and along with esculin in the bark of the horse-chestnut. It shows a delicate fluorescence in alkaline solutions; -- called also paviin.

The act or habit of frequenting or visiting often; resort. Chesterfield.

To bear fruit. Chesterfield.

ly; as, to fumble for an excuse. Dryden. My understanding flutters and my memory fumbles. Chesterfield. Alas! how he fumbles about the domains. Wordsworth.

One who is rude or uncivilized; a barbarian; a rude, ignorant person. Chesterfield.

edible root of a globular shape aud sweet, aromatic taste; -- called also earthnut, earth chestnut, hawknut, and pignut.

A small South African antelope (Neotragus melanotis). It is speckled with gray and chestnut, above; the under parts are reddish fawn.

Government by a woman. Chesterfield.

ds, through a wide circuit. -- Hare kangaroo (Zoöl.)., a small Australian kangaroo (Lagorchestes Leporoides), resembling the hare in size and color, -- Hare's lettuce (Bot.), a plant of the genus Sonchus, or sow thistle; -- so called because hares are said to eat it when fainting with heat. Dr. Prior. -- Jumping hare…

A gunner's case or bag used carry cartridges from the ammunition chest to the piece in loading.

o speak with interruption and hesitation. Cut it short; don't prose -- don't hum and haw. Chesterfield.

A piece of armor to protect the heels. Chesterfield.

perhaps recognized by Richard III. in 1483, consisting of the three Kings-at-Arms and the Chester, Lancaster, Richmond, Somerset, Windsor, and York Heralds, together with the Earl Marshal. This retains from the Middle Ages the charge of the armorial bearings of persons privileged to bear them, as well as of genealogies…

ould be. Shak. The blind walls Were full of chinks and holes. Tennyson. The priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid. 2 Kings xii. 9.

ng, flowing mane, and the tail bushy to the base. Unlike the asses it has callosities, or chestnuts, on all its legs. The horse excels in strength, speed, docility, courage, and nobleness of character, and is used for drawing, carrying, bearing a rider, and like purposes.