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or R.] This makes a man master of his learning, and dispirits the book into the scholar. Fuller.

stance or remotely. I heard nothing thereof at Oxford, being then miles distanced thence. Fuller.

To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin. A city . . . distracted from itself. Fuller.

o-all at court, being the king's treasurer, councilor, chancellor, confessor, all things. Fuller.

To make (one) a doctor. He was bred . . . in Oxford and there doctorated. Fuller.

s, the dominical (or Lord's) prayer. Howell. Some words altered in the dominical Gospels. Fuller. Dominical altar (Eccl.), the high altar. -- Dominical letter, the letter which, in almanacs, denotes Sunday, or the Lord's day (dies Domini). The first seven letters of the alphabet are used for this purpose, the same let…

attle coming over the bridge (with their great drift doing much damage to the high ways). Fuller.

s, a large, fast-sailing galley, or cutter; a large, swift war vessel. [Hist. or Archaic] Fuller. The great dromond swinging from the quay. W. Morris.

Scarcity; lack. A drought of Christian writers caused a dearth of all history. Fuller.

One who administers two offices. Fuller.

Like a dunce; duncish. The most dull and duncical commissioner. Fuller.

Beaten; hence, blunted. [Obs.] Fencer's swords . . . having the edge dunted. Fuller.

r life. . . . The Abbot down with his dust, and glad he escaped so, returned to Reading." Fuller. -- Dust brand (Bot.), a fungous plant (Ustilago Carbo); -- called also smut. -- Gold dust, fine particles of gold, such as are obtained in placer mining; -- often used as money, being transferred by weight. -- In dust a…

A witness by means of his ears; one who is within hearing and does hear; a hearer. Fuller.

Sympathetic recognition; response; answer. Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them. Fuller. Many kind, and sincere speeches found an echo in his heart. R. L. Stevenson.

Actually; in effect. [Obs.] Fuller.

The state of being effeminate; unmanly softness. Fuller.

The act of forming in resemblance; an effigy. Fuller.

To stimulate. [Obs.] "He efforted his spirits." Fuller.

dever" (duty). "Mr. Prynne proceeded to show he had done endeavor to prepare his answer." Fuller.