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The chaffinch; -- called also roberd.

The act of putting on a robe. Robing room, a room where official robes are put on, as by judges, etc.

A mouring garment; a funeral robe; -- generally in the plural. "Sables wove by destiny." Young.

A follower of Robert Sandeman, a Scotch sectary of the eighteenth century. See Glassite.

The character and opinions of a Jewish scribe in the time of Christ. F. W. Robertson.

To examine or explore by feeling with an instrument; to probe; as, to search a wound.

To separate; to divide. [Obs. or Prov.Eng.] Robert of Brunne.

terial of silk, as in spider or a silkworm; a sericterium. -- Silk gown, the distinctive robe of a barrister who has been appointed king's or queen's counsel; hence, the counsel himself. Such a one has precedence over mere barristers, who wear stuff gowns. [Eng.] -- Silk grass (Bot.), a kind of grass (Stipa comata) of…

A woman's long dress or robe; also light covering; a scarf. [Written also cimar, cymar, samare, simare.]

eep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore. A courtly willingness to sink obnoxious truths. Robertson.

riousness, to inquire into those matters, whether they be so or not. Tillotson. He is Sir Robert's son, and so art thou. Shak.

A doctor of the Sorbonne, or theological college, in the University of Paris, founded by Robert de Sorbon, a. d. 1252. It was suppressed in the Revolution of 1789.

tain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe. I was in jest, And by that offer meant to sound your breast. Dryden. I've sounded my Numidians man by man. Addison.

y. He that feels timid at the spectral form of evil is not the man to spread light. F. W. Robertson.

Water retained by an embankment; a pool water. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Robert of Brunne.

To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle; as, a robe starred with gems. "A sable curtain starred with gold." Young.

An instrument for examining wounds and fistulas, and for passing setons, and the like; a probe, -- called also specillum.

djacent country in order to render it more difficult for the enemy to subsist their army. Robertson.

Rising; swelling, as a flood. [R.] Robert Greene.

To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound. Used also figuratively. I'll tent him to the quick. Shak.