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A penthouse. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

by painting. [Obs.] Any well-expressed image . . . either in picture or sculpture. Sir H. Wotton.

One who makes plaster casts. "The plasterer doth make his figures by addition." Sir H. Wotton.

contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme. The prince did plot to be secretly gone. Sir H. Wotton.

a day on which the mall arrives or departs. -- Post hackney, a hired post horse. Sir H. Wotton. -- Post horn, a horn, or trumpet, carried and blown by a carrier of the public mail, or by a coachman. -- Post horse, a horse stationed, intended, or used for the post. -- Post hour, hour for posting letters. Dickens.…

Previous warning or admonition; forewarning. Sir H. Wotton.

To prepossess; to prejudice. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

That which is presaged, or foretold. [R.] "Ominous presagement before his end. " Sir H. Wotton.

One who presumes; also, an arrogant person. Sir H. Wotton.

Fitted for trial beforehand; experimental. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.

such a dexterous proclivity as his teachers were fain to restrain his forwardness. Sir H. Wotton.

Apt to make unexpected revelations. [Obs.] "Nature is proditorious." Sir H. Wotton.

Quality of being profluent; course. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.

. [Obs.] The reception of the light into the body of the building was very prompt. Sir H. Wotton.

The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect. Sir H. Wotton.

Capable of pulsating; throbbing. Sir H. Wotton. .

or nib of the stock of a feather; as, history is the proper subject of his quill. Sir H. Wotton.

riot. Chapman. From Oxford I was rapt by my nephew, Sir Edmund Bacon, to Redgrove. Sir H. Wotton.

The act of boiling up or effervescing. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.

To console or comfort again. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.