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a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain. These preachers make His head to shoot and ache. Herbert.

To glimmer; to twinkle. [Obs.] Yet can I mark how stars above Simper and shine. Herbert.

understanding; to be dexterous in performance. [Obs.] I can not skill of these thy ways. Herbert.

To lie snug or quiet. [Obs.] Herbert.

hey are happy whose natures sort with their vocations. Bacon. Things sort not to my will. herbert. I can not tell you precisely how they sorted. Sir W. Scott.

To exercise supreme authority. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.

bestow; to employ; -- often with on or upon. I . . . am never loath To spend my judgment. Herbert.

caution; steadiness; sobriety. [Obs.] "Not grudging that thy lust hath bounds and stays." Herbert. The wisdom, stay, and moderation of the king. Bacon. With prudent stay he long deferred The rough contention. Philips.

l that are of noble stem." Milton. While I do pray, learn here thy stem And true descent. Herbert.

A teat. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.

Dried by the heat of the sun. "Sun-dried brick." Sir T. Herbert.

Not suspecting; having no suspicion. [R.] Sir T. Herbert.

getting some commendam tacked to their sees." Swift. And tacks the center to the sphere. Herbert.

thankful glass That mends the looker's eyes; this is the well That washes what it shows. Herbert.

A song of lamentation; a threnode. Sir T. Herbert.

Hence, to try; to harass. Whom devils fly, thus is he tossed of men. Herbert.

A copy or exemplification of a record. [Obs.] Lord Herbert.

s chaps to let the trochil in to pick his teeth, which gives it the usual feeding. Sir T. Herbert.

hy so true, So faithful, love unequaled. Milton. Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie. Herbert.

Fruitful; copious; abundant; plentiful. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.