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-- To make away. (a) To put out of the way; to kill; to destroy. [Obs.] If a child were crooked or deformed in body or mind, they made him away. Burton.

One who does wrong by injuring another, although not a criminal. [Obs.] H. Brooke. Fuller.

important; to take account of; to care for. [Obs.] He did not matter cold nor hunger. H. Brooke.

byrinth. "Quaint mazes on the wanton green." Shak. Or down the tempting maze of Shawford brook. Wordaworth. The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled with mazes, and perplexed with error. Addison.

A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders of the veins and arteries. Sir M. Hale. While lingering rivers in meanders glide. Sir R. Blackmore.

er female divinities, fabled to preside over some body of fresh water, as a lake, river, brook, or fountain.

In the represented or assumed character of. " I'll to him again in name of Brook." Shak. -- Name plate, a plate as of metal, glass, etc., having a name upon it, as a sign; a doorplate. -- Pen name, a name assumed by an author; a pseudonym or nom de plume. Bayard Taylor. -- Proper name (Gram.), a name applied to a par…

Hooked or crooked in an extreme degree. Maunder.

uary, or Most Holy place in the temple; also, the temple itself. 1 Kings vi. 19. Siloa's brook, that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God. Milton.

n produced by light or heat in an exhausted vessel; a modification of the radoimeter. W. Crookes.

To exceed in value. [R.] H. Brooke.

Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly. As the hart panteth after the water brooks. Ps. xlii. 1. Who pants for glory finds but short repose. Pope.

a pastoral letter. Pastoral staff (Eccl.), a staff, usually of the form of a shepherd's crook, borne as an official emblem by a bishop, abbot, abbess, or other prelate privileged to carry it. See Crook, and Crosier. -- Pastoral Theology, that part of theology which treats of the duties of pastors.

A breeding place, or rookery, of penguins.

white, which speedily close at the approach of bad weather. Water pimpernel. (Bot.) See Brookweed.

The salt-water bream (Diplodus Holbrooki).

Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See Plane. The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. Isa. xl. 4.

a person, a sect, or a party proposes to stand; a declared policy or system; as, the Saybrook platform; a political platform. "The platform of Geneva." Hooker.

he act or process of weaving together, or interweaving; that which is woven together. H. Brooke.

Crookes tube.