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additional or greater amount. They that would have more and more can never have enough. L'Estrange. O! That pang where more than madness lies. Byron. Any more. (a) Anything or something additional or further; as, I do not need any more. (b) Adverbially: Further; beyond a certain time; as, do not think any more about it…

us mortifications of a studious man to have his thoughts discovered by a tedious visit. L'Estrange.

who attends a funeral as a hired mourner. Mourners were provided to attend the funeral. L'Estrange.

Impertinently inquisitive; prying; meddlesome. "Mousing saints." L'Estrange.

To make turbid, or muddy, as water. [Obs.] He did ill to muddle the water. L'Estrange.

get together. "Mustering all its force." Cowper. All the gay feathers he could muster. L'Estrange. To muster troops into service (Mil.), to inspect and enter troops on the muster roll of the army. -- To muster troops out of service (Mil.), to register them for final payment and discharge. -- To muster up, to gather…

To fondle with the closed mouth. [Obs.] L'Estrange.

To make and occupy a nest; to nest. [Obs.] The kingfisher ... nestles in hollow banks. L'Estrange.

nces were so nettled at the scandal of this affront, that every man took it to himself. L'Estrange.

ewly happened. It is no news for the weak and poor to be a prey to the strong and rich. L'Estrange.

ry nick. Howell. This nick of time is the critical occasion for the gainger of a point. L'Estrange.

head; -- used jocosely or contemptuously. Come, master, I have a project in my noddle. L'Estrange.

A simpleton; a fool. L'Estrange.

an explanation. How shall any man distinguish now betwixt a parasite and a man of honor L'Estrange. Why should he live, now nature bankrupt is Shak. Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now, Barabbas was a robber. John xviii. 40. The other great and undoing mischief which befalls men is, by th…

out offering at any other remedy." Swift. He would be offering at the shepherd's voice. L'Estrange. I will not offer at that I can not master. Bacon.

Having the mouth open; gaping; hence, greedy; clamorous. L'Estrange.

To go beyond in performance; to excel; to surpass. An imposture outdoes the original. L' Estrange. I grieve to be outdone by Gay. Swift.

To grow beyond the fit or natural size; as, a huge, overgrown ox. L'Estrange.

paddle, in swimming, in paddling a boat, etc. As the men were paddling for their lives. L'Estrange. While paddling ducks the standing lake desire. Gay.

Bacon. It is the greatest interest of particulars to advance the good of the community. L'Estrange.