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th the definite article); as, the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. (c) A traveling preacher whose efforts are chiefly directed to arouse to immediate repentance. The Apostles, so far as they evangelized, might claim the tittle though there were many evangelists who were not Apistles. Plumptre.…

To go; to pass; to journey; to travel. So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden. Milton.

icoat, or other light, elastic material, used to extend the petticoat. We'll revel it as bravely as the best, . . . With ruffs and cuffs, and farthingales and things. Shak.

To untwist; to unravel, as the end of a rope. Johnson.

To make an embankment in, or raise the level of (a low place), with earth or gravel. To fill in, to insert; as, he filled in the figures. -- To fill out, to extend or enlarge to the desired limit; to make complete; as, to fill out a bill. -- To fill up, to make quite full; to fill to the brim or entirely; to occupy c…

for purifying air. Filter bed, a pond, the bottom of which is a filter composed of sand gravel. -- Filter gallery, an underground gallery or tunnel, alongside of a stream, to collect the water that filters through the intervening sand and gravel; -- called also infiltration gallery.

y the sovereign; a royal order or grant; -- generally given for special objects, as to a traveler to insure him protection and assistance. [Written also firmaun.]

n flesh (as a murderous weapon) so as to draw blood, especially for the first time. Full bravely hast thou fleshed Thy maiden sword. Shak. The wild dog Shall flesh his tooth on every innocent. Shak.

The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.

alth; also, a local court. [Hist.] To which folkmote they all with one consent Agreed to travel. Spenser.

r than she upon her love. Shak. You are as fond of grief as of your child. Shak. A great traveler, and fond of telling his adventures. Irving.

Worn by, or weared in, the feet; as, a footworn path; a footworn traveler.

Formed in the forehand or fore parts. A substantial, true-bred beast, bravely forehanded. Dryden.

To lie in wait for; to ambush. An ambushed thief forlays a traveler. Dryden.

Difficult to travel; likely to trip one up; as, a founderous road. [R.] Burke.

n the threads of the warp or of the woof wear off so that the cross threads are loose; to ravel; as, the cloth frays badly. A suit of frayed magnificience. tennyson.

Not firmly woven; that ravels. [Written also fozy.] [Prov. Eng.]

To clothe; array; deck. These black dog-Dons Garb themselves bravely. Tennyson.

A stage in traveling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey or progress; a rest. [Obs.] Kersey.

which inclines from the covered way toward the exterior ground or country (see Illust. of Ravelin).