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racy; depravity. The depravation of his moral character destroyed his judgment. Sir G. C. Lewis.

the right hand; right, as opposed to sinister, or left. On sounding wings a dexter eagle flew. Pope.

One who discourages. The promoter of truth and the discourager of error. Sir G. C. Lewis.

Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd. [Obs.] Inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars. Pope. Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the women]. Sir T. North.

Lewdness; unchastity. Shak.

Destitute of mettle, that is, or fire or spirit. [R.] Llewellyn.

o bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to associate familiarly with the mean, the lewd, and the profane. Why should you think that conduct disreputable in priests which you probably consider as laudable in yourself Bp. Watson.

ose in morals and conduct; recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures; profligate; wanton; lewd; debauched. "A wild and dissolute soldier." Motley.

Disagreement; difference. Related with some divergence by other writers. Sir G. C. Lewis.

Nipplewort.

The Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis). See Curlew.

A lewd wench; a strumpet. Shak.

The colonies may be influenced to anything, but they can be dragooned to nothing. Price. Lewis the Fourteenth is justly censured for trying to dragoon his subjects to heaven. Macaulay.

species in Europe and America is L. terrestris; many others are known; -- called also angleworm and dewworm.

In an eccentric manner. Drove eccentrically here and there. Lew Wallace.

To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf. Thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen. Ex. xxviii. 39.

Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.; also, the art of embroidering.

On the question of slavery opinion has of late years been peculiarly envenomed. Sir G. C. Lewis.

Before the ere long. A man, . . . following the stag, erelong slew him. Spenser. The world, erelong, a world of tears must weep. Milton.

t with which lines are drawn in the ground or varnish in etching. -- Etching stitch (Needlework), a stitch used outline embroidery.