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ource, conclusion, design, etc.; -- in a sense not physical. Hither we refer whatsoever belongeth unto the highest perfection of man. Hooker. Hither and thither, to and fro; backward and forward; in various directions. "Victory is like a traveller, and goeth hither and thither." Knolles.

A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.

bill in the two sexes, that of the male being sharp and straight, that of the female much longer and strongly curved.

To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums. P. Fletcher. Still humming on, their drowsy course they keep. Pope.

Having the maxilla, or lower jaw, longer than the upper, as in the skimmer.

The last, and usually the longest, division of the small intestine; the part between the jejunum and large intestine. [Written also ileon, and ilium.]

The obtaining of benefice from Rome by solicitation, which benefice belonged to the disposal of the king or other lay patron of the realm.

By attainder . . . the blood of the person attainted is so corrupted as to be rendered no longer inheritable. Blackstone. The eldest daughter of the king is also alone inheritable to the crown on failure of issue male. Blackstone. Inheritable blood, blood or relationship by which a person becomes qualified to be an hei…

Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating, or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest. See Intone, v. t.

To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to chant; as, to intone the church service.

Not according to reason; absurd; foolish. It seemed utterly irrational any longer to maintain it. I. Taylor.

and force them to disgorge their prey. The two middle tail feathers are usually decidedly longer than the rest. Called also boatswain, and marline-spike bird. The name is also applied to the skua, or Arctic gull (Megalestris skua).

r complaint; a doleful story; a dolorous tirade; -- generally used satirically. He has prolonged his complaint into an endless jeremiad. Lamb.

The longest plane used by a joiner.

A prolonged wail for a deceased person. Cf. Coranach. [Ireland] Froude.

(Atelodus keitloa). It has the posterior horn about as long as the anterior one, or even longer.

To comb. [Obs.] His longe hair was kembed behind his back. Chaucer.

Designating a club in London, to which Addison and Steele belonged; -- so called from Christopher Cat, a pastry cook, who served the club with mutton pies.

snake of the genus Xyphorhynchus, from Madagascar. It is brownish red, and its hose is prolonged in the form of a sharp blade.

Longer; longest; -- obsolete compar. and superl. of long. Chaucer.