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with two meeting edges of anything; to clip. The small shoots ... must be nipped off. Mortimer.

News; fresh tidings. [Obs.] Some came of curiosity to hear some novels. Latimer.

A kiln to dry hops or malt; a cockle. Mortimer.

Evincing oblivion; forgetful. Through are both weak in body and oblivious. Latimer. -- Obliv"i*ous*ly, adv. -- Ob*liv"i*ous*ness, n. Foxe.

To adorn; to honor. [R.] They may ornate and sanctify the name of God. Latimer.

To grow beyond; to rise above; hence, to overcome; to oppress. [Obs.] Mortimer. "O'ergrown with labor." Beau. & Fl. [Usually in the past participle.]

To turn, or to be turned, over; to be upset. Mortimer.

ttom, for fencing or inclosing; a picket. Deer creep through when a pale tumbles down. Mortimer.

d off. Pope. Pare off the surface of the earth, and with the parings raise your hills. Mortimer.

medicines. Madder . . . in King Charles the First's time, was made a patent commodity. Mortimer.

A sandal. [Obs.] Latimer.

Daring; reckless; dangerous. [Obs.] Latimer. For I am perilous with knife in hand. Chaucer. -- Per"il*ous*ly, adv. -- Per"il*ous*ness, n.

A fermented liquor made from pears; pear cider. Mortimer.

hing. These words pertain unto us at this time as they pertained to them at their time. Latimer.

A marvelous person or thing. [R.] Latimer.

inted; sharp. "Picked and polished." Chapman. Let the stake be made picked at the top. Mortimer.

One who steals purses, or money from purses. Latimer. Shak.

Fat; unctuous; greasy. [Obs.] "Some clays are more pinguid." Mortimer.

light; to settle; to come to rest from flight. The tree whereon they [the bees] pitch. Mortimer.

A sort of crowbar for digging. [Obs.] Mortimer.