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A rustic cottage or abode; poetically, an attractive abode or retreat. Shenstone. B. Johnson.

(Amia calva) found in the fresh waters of the United States; the mudfish; -- called also Johnny Grindle, and dogfish.

A piece of defensive armor for the arm. Johnson.

dicine, as an astringent or a tonic, which gives tension or tone to any part of the body. Johnson.

A baker's kneading though. Johnson.

The quality or state of being brazen. Johnson.

An abbreviature; an abbreviation. [Obs.] Johnson.

few words; conciseness. Brevity is the soul of wit. Shak. This argument is stated by St. John with his usual elegant brevity and simplicity. Bp. Porteus.

To make acute or witty; to enliven. Johnson.

d by, Brown; -- a term applied to a system of medicine promulgated in the 18th century by John Brown, of Scotland, the fundamental doctrine of which was, that life is a state of excitation produced by the normal action of external agents upon the body, and that disease consists in excess or deficiency of excitation.…

The beech tree. [Scot.] Buck mast, the mast or fruit of the beech tree. Johnson.

ctice of baiting bulls, or rendering them furious, as by setting dogs to attack them. -- John Bull, a humorous name for the English, collectively; also, an Englishman. "Good-looking young John Bull." W. D.Howells. -- To take the bull by the horns, to grapple with a difficulty instead of avoiding it.…

A thrust in fencing. To prove who gave the fairer butt, John shows the chalk on Robert's coat. Prior.

To increase, as stakes, at every throw or every game. [Cant] Johnson.

The European bittern. Johnson.

and other countries, to be manufactured into butter, which is sold as butterine or suine. Johnson's Cyc.

To form a head like that the cabbage; as, to make lettuce cabbage. Johnson.

To talk in a silly manner; to prattle. Johnson.

To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame. [Obs.] Johnson.

A large pear, shaped like a flattened top, used chiefly for cooking. Johnson.