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To talk much and idly; to prate; hence, to talk lightly and artlessly, like a child; to utter child's talk.

To pierce slightly with a sharp-pointed instrument or substance; to make a puncture in, or to make by puncturing; to drive a fine point into; as, to prick one with a pin, needle, etc.; to prick a card; to prick holes in paper.

To prick slightly, as with prickles, or fine, sharp points. Felt a horror over me creep, Prickle skin, and catch my breath. Tennyson.

A moist, slightly cohering mass, consisting of soft, undissolved animal or vegetable matter. Specifically:

ed opposite fleshy leaves. -- Water purslane, an aquatic plant (Ludwiqia palustris) but slightly resembling purslane.

A colorless liquid of a slightly pungent odor, C9H6N.CH3, first obtained as a condensation product of aldehyde and aniline, and regarded as a derivative of quinoline; -- called also methyl quinoline. [Written also chinaldine.]

A colorless crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained from the molasses of the sugar beet.

To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and lightly, as a rake does. Like clouds that rake the mountain summits. Wordsworth.

e ammunition, designed chiefly for use in coast batteries against torpedo vessels and the lightly armored batteries or other war vessels and for the protection of defensive mine fields; -- not distinguished from quick-fire. (3)

ample panicle of rather large ovate spikelets, each one composed of imbricated parts and slightly resembling the rattle of the rattlesnake. Sometimes called quaking grass. -- Rattlesnake plantain (Bot.), See under Plantain. -- Rattlesnake root (Bot.), a name given to certain American species of the composite genus Pr…

Hoarse; harsh; rough; as, a raucous, thick tone. "His voice slightly raucous." Aytoun. -- Rau"cous*ly, adv.

To lift and take up. [Obs. or R.] And having her from Trompart lightly reared, Upon his set the lovely load. Spenser.

Having a slightly undulating margin; -- said of leaves.

Having the end rounded and slightly indented; as, a retuse leaf.

The ground story of a building, either on a level with the street or raised slightly above it; -- said esp. of buildings on the continent of Europe.

A small mound of earth; ground slightly elevated; a small ridge.

To wash lightly; to cleanse with a second or repeated application of water after washing.

rtrate of sodium and potassium, a white crystalline substance. It has a cooling, saline, slightly bitter taste and is employed as a mild purgative. It was discovered by Seignette, an apothecary of Rochelle, and is called also Seignete's salt.

and weight, resting upon another stone, and so exactly poised that it can be rocked, or slightly moved, with but little force.

To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.