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Not having redress; such as can not be redressed; irremediable. Sherwood.

Having no success. Successless all her soft caresses prove. Pope. -- Suc*cess"less*ly, adv. -- Suc*cess"less*ness, n.

A piece of armor formerly worn to guard the things; a tasse.

See Teasel.

To put into disorder; to tumble; to touse. [Colloq.]

To struggle, as in sport; to scuffle; to struggle with. [Colloq.]

A sleeve of an under-garment; a sleeve worn under another,

Of or pertaining to Wesley or Wesleyanism.

The system of doctrines and church polity inculcated by John Wesley (b. 1703; d. 1791), the founder of the religious sect called Methodist; Methodism. See Methodist, n., 2.

or in (from an, a forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot, abed, amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as in adown (AS. ofdüne off the dun or hill). (3) AS. a- (Goth. us-, ur-, Ger. er-), usually giving an intensive force, and so…

iting-maid. Pepys. Her abigail reported that Mrs. Gutheridge had a set of night curls for sleeping in. Leslie.

an opinion or expectation; to reckon. [Obs.] s other part . . . makes account to find no slender arguments for this assertion out of those very scriptures which are commonly urged against it. Milton. -- To make account of, to hold in estimation; to esteem; as, he makes small account of beauty. -- To take account of,…

A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley. [Obs.] Holland.

Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needless. A*cic"u*lar*ly, adv.

To awaken; to arouse. [Obs.] A man that waketh of his sleep He may not suddenly well taken keep Upon a thing, ne seen it parfitly Till that he be adawed verily. Chaucer.

mechanic, an adroit reply. "Adroit in the application of the telescope and quadrant." Horsley. "He was adroit in intrigue." Macaulay.

fect portrayal or representation of a thing. Elegant adumbrations of sacred truth. Bp. Horsley.

proposes for its end the joint advancement of the virtue and happiness of the people. Horsley.

e; information. [Archaic] And mused awhile, waking advisement takes of what had passed in sleep. Daniel.

Afraid. [Obs.] Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises. Shak.