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A large drinking vessel; also, its contents. [Colloq. Eng.] Forby.

ns, or not restrained by precise settled limits in opinion; one who indulges freedom in thinking.

The act of linking; the state of being linked; also, a system of links.

or of pure and formal thought, or of the laws according to which the processes of pure thinking should be conducted; the science of the formation and application of general notions; the science of generalization, judgment, classification, reasoning, and systematic arrangement; correct reasoning.

Skilled in logic; versed in the art of thinking and reasoning; as, he is a logical thinker. Addison.

million of dollars. To bear a loss, to make a loss good; also, to sustain a loss without sinking under it. -- To be at a loss, to be in a state of uncertainty.

A large ornamental drinking vessel having two or more handles, intended to pass from hand to hand, as at a banquet.

In a lowly place or manner; humbly. [Obs. or R.] Thinking lowlily of himself and highly of those better than himself. J. C. Shairp.

the way in which an actor is dressed, painted, etc., in personating a character. The unthinking masses are necessarily teleological in their mental make-up. L. F. Ward.

ffecting one or many people; as, the tulip mania. Mania a potu Etym: [L.], madness from drinking; delirium tremens.

A drinking cup. See 1st Maslin, 2. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A large drinking bowl; -- originally made of maple. [Obs.] Their brimful mazers to the feasting bring. Drayton.

Sense; power of thinking. [R.] -- Mean"ing*less, a. -- Mean"ing*ly, adv.

ritten upon with a pewter or brass pencil, the lines can hardly be effaced. -- Metallic tinking (Med.), a sound heard in the chest, when a cavity communicating with the air passages contains both air and liquid.

een variously ascribed to the presence of certain plants in their food, and to polluted drinking water. -- Milk snake (Zoöl.), a harmless American snake (Ophibolus triangulus, or O. eximius). It is variously marked with white, gray, and red. Called also milk adder, chicken snake, house snake, etc. -- Milk sugar. (Phy…

The state, at any given time, of the faculties of thinking, willing, choosing, and the like; psychical activity or state; as: (a) Opinion; judgment; belief. A fool uttereth all his mind. Prov. xxix. 11. Being so hard to me that brought your mind, I fear she'll prove as hard to you in telling her mind. Shak.…

Not indued with mind or intellectual powers; stupid; unthinking.

The mob; the populace. [Obs.] "The unthinking mobile." South.

Limited in quantity; sparing; temperate; frugal; as, moderate in eating or drinking; a moderate table.

act of rendering modern in style; the act or process of causing to conform to modern of thinking or acting.