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A history or account of martyrs; a register of martyrs. Bp. Stillingfleet.

o melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected; unhappy. Just as the melancholic eye Sees fleets and armies in the sky. Prior.

A register of months. Bp. Stillingfleet.

Erroneous construction; wrong interpretation. Bp. Stillingfleet.

t, a net or curtain for excluding mosquitoes, -- used for beds and windows. -- Mosquito fleet, a fleet of small vessels. -- Mosquito hawk (Zoöl.), a dragon fly; -- so called because it captures and feeds upon mosquitoes. -- Mosquito netting, a loosely-woven gauzelike fabric for making mosquito bars.…

s and the frame of the world are corporeal, and therefore subject to mutability. Stillingfleet.

The commander of a fleet. Mitford.

A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company. "The navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir." 1 kings x. 11.

sact the business of an office or public trust; to conduct a public service. Bp. Stillingfleet.

-- indicating situation, place, or position; as, on the one hand, on the other hand; the fleet is on the American coast.

apart by the ceremony of ordination. Meletius was ordained by Arian bishops. Bp. Stillingfleet.

To spread out in array. [Obs.] And now they outray to your fleet. Chapman.

An idol. [Obs.] Bp. Stillingfleet.

sage in other language. We are put to construe and paraphrase our own words. Bp. Stillingfleet.

In a parochial manner; by the parish, or by parishes. Bp. Stillingfleet.

s, a participation in joy or sorrows. These deities are so by participation. Bp. Stillingfleet. What an honor, that God should admit us into such a blessed participation of himself! Atterbury.

A tender to a fleet, formerly used for conveying men, orders, or treasure. [Spain & Portugal]

ess in a future state; future misery or eternal death. The mere perdition of the Turkish fleet. Shak. If we reject the truth, we seal our own perdition. J. M. Mason.

r thing). "His own parents his perverters." South. "A perverter of his law." Bp. Stillingfleet.

e gadoid food fish of Europe (Pollachius virens). Called also greenfish, greenling, lait, leet, lob, lythe, and whiting pollack.