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jump. The mountain stag that springs From height to height, and bounds along the plains. Philips.

d moderation of the king. Bacon. With prudent stay he long deferred The rough contention. Philips.

e air. Dryden. Let the crude humors dance In heated brass, steaming with fire intence. J. Philips.

o smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument or missile. He at Philippi kept His sword e'en like a dancer; while I struck The lean and wrinkled Cassius. Shak.

Obsequious flattery; servility. The sycophancy of A.Philips had prejudiced Mr. Addison against Pope. Bp. Warburton.

hich adherence to some element in the sense causes a departure from strict syntax, as in "Philip went down to Samaria and preached Christ unto them."

nly of central Luzon, next to the Visayans the most numerous of the native peoples of the Philippines. Nearly all are Christians and many are highly educated.

To point or thrust, as a lance. Sons against fathers tilt the fatal lance. J. Philips.

Furniture; apparatus; equipment. [Obs.] "The tire of war." Philips.

The act of twining or winding round. J. Philips. Twine reeler, a kind of machine for twisting twine; a kind of mule, or spinning machine.

To cease to frequent. [Obs.] They quit their thefts and unfrequent the fields. J. Philips.

ind in Homer. Pope. He had abandoned the frontiers, retiring upon Glasgow. Sir. W. Scott. Philip swore upon the Evangelists to abstain from aggression in my absence. Landor.

A member of the most numerous of the native races of the Philippines, occupying the Visayan Islands and the northern coast Mindanao; also, their language. The Visayans possessed a native culture and alphabet.

Somewhat like whey; wheyey. J. Philips. -- Whey"ish*ness, n.

. Dryden. Tress of their shriveled fruits Are widowed, dreary storms o'er all prevail. J. Philips. Mourn, widowed queen; forgotten Sion, mourn. Heber.

ty, distress, or affliction; as, a woeful event; woeful want. O woeful day! O day of woe! Philips.

Containing many words; full of words. We need not lavish hours in wordy periods. Philips.

y acting upon; to prevail upon; to manage; to lead. "Work your royal father to his ruin." Philips.

A sharp, loud, hideous outcry. Their hideous yells Rend the dark welkin. J. Philips.