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dge, or influence; compass; province; employment; place of existence. To be called into a huge sphere, and not to be seen to move in 't. Shak. Taking her out of the ordinary relations with humanity, and inclosing her in a sphere by herself. Hawthorne. Each in his hidden sphere of joy or woe Our hermit spirits dwell. Ke…

Same as Spinny. T. Hughes.

To burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder. A huge vessel of exceeding hard marble split asunder by congealed water. Boyle.

the so-called "paddle" tried him almost as much as the breathless strain of the spurt. T. Hughes.

A handle; a stale, or stele. [Archaic or Prov. Eng.] And in his hand a huge poleax did bear. Whose steale was iron-studded but not long. Spenser.

A vessel of clay or stone. "An huge great earth-pot steane." Spenser.

the wicket he is defending while he is off his allotted ground; -- sometimes with out. T. Hughes.

The act of swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon. With huge two-handed sway brandished aloft. Milton.

Huge; very large. [Colloq.] Arbuthnot. Byron. -- Swinge"ing*ly, adv. Dryden.

To disturb as by a tempest. [Obs.] Part huge of bulk Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait, Tempest the ocean. Milton.

Intimate; very friendly; familiar. [Colloq.] We have been thick ever since. T. Hughes.

A boys' game; tag. In touch (Football), outside of bounds. T. Hughes. -- To be in touch, to be in contact, or in sympathy. -- To keep touch. (a) To be true or punctual to a promise or engagement [Obs.]; hence, to fulfill duly a function. My mind and senses keep touch and time. Sir W. Scott.

To make a tourm; as, to tour throught a country. T. Hughes.

Food; pastry; sweetmeats. [Slang] T. Hughes.

the cap worn by them. [Cant, Eng.] Several young tufts, and others of the faster men. T. Hughes.

positions assumed by the dancers, is offensively suggestive. Similar dances are the bunny hug and grizzly bear, so called in allusion to the movements and the positions assumed by the partners in dancing.

se of the cant and twaddle that's talked of boxing and fighting with fists now-a-days. T. Hughes.

A twist; a convolution. Typhon huge, ending in snaky twine. Milton.

Having the lower jaw projecting. T. Hughes.

To open or remove the shutters of. T. Hughes.