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Having a keen appetite or desire; eager; longing. "Athirst for battle." Cowper.

of attaching a sensible man. Miss Austen. God . . . by various ties attaches man to man. Cowper.

r might the dogs attain. Sir W. Scott. To see your trees attain to the dignity of timber. Cowper. Few boroughs had as yet attained to power such as this. J. R. Green.

Depending on, or owing duty or service to; as, the widow attendant to the heir. Cowell. Attendant keys (Mus.), the keys or scales most nearly related to, or having most in common with, the principal key; those, namely, of its fifth above, or dominant, its fifth below (fourth above), or subdominant, and its relative min…

To sell by auction; to auction. Estates . . . advertised and auctioneered away. Cowper.

etokening; ominous; significant; as, an augural staff; augural books. "Portents augural." Cowper.

Authorial. [R.] Cowper.

The defendant in replevin, who avows the distress of the goods, and justifies the taking. Cowell.

leep or torpor; to awake; to wake. [He] is dispatched Already to awaken whom thou nam'st. Cowper. Their consciences are thoroughly awakened. Tillotson.

Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted."Impatient for the award." Cowper. An award had been given against. Gilpin.

as aware of the enemy's designs. Aware of nothing arduous in a task They never undertook. Cowper.

] His frown was full of terror, and his voice Shook the delinquent with such fits of awe. Cowper.

lating to or given to reveling and drunkenness. Even bacchanalian madness has its charms. Cowper.

check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil. The art that baffles time's tyrannic claim. Cowper.

uid or other substance; as, the bag of poison in the mouth of some serpents; the bag of a cow.

um; even adjustment; steadiness. And hung a bottle on each side To make his balance true. Cowper. The order and balance of the country were destroyed. Buckle. English workmen completely lose their balance. J. S. Mill.

of property or services; -- followed by with and for; as, to bargain with a farmer for a cow. So worthless peasants bargain for their wives. Shak.

A husband; as, baron and feme, husband and wife. [R.] Cowell. Baron of beef, two sirloins not cut asunder at the backbone. -- Barons of the Cinque Ports, formerly members of the House of Commons, elected by the seven Cinque Ports, two for each port. -- Baron of the exchequer, the judges of the Court of Exchequer, one…

; menial; as, a base fellow; base motives; base occupations. "A cruel act of a base and a cowardish mind." Robynson (More's Utopia). "Base ingratitude." Milton.

Deep-toned, prolonged barking. "The bay of curs." Cowper.