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Howell. We never can think it sinful that Burns should have been humorous on such a pulpiteer. Prof. Wilson.

Same as Putty, a kind of gaiter.

A thick woolen stuff quilled or twilled.

One to whom a remittance is sent.

A smart, ready, and witty reply. Cupid was as bad as he; Hear but the youngster's repartee. Prior.

One of the seven confederated tribes of Indians belonging to the Sioux, or Dakotas.

A kind of dress goods made of cotton or woolen, with a glossy surface resembling satin.

The holding a good opinion of one's self; self-complacency.

Puddled steel. [U. S. ]

See 2d Settee.

A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, -- used in the Mediterranean. [Written also setee.]

One more than sixteen; ten and seven added; as, seventeen years.

Next in order after the sixteenth; coming after sixteen others. In . . . the seventeenth day of the month . . . were all the fountains of the great deep broken up. Gen. vii. 11.

See under Shear.

See Open-hearth steel, under Open.

Six and ten; consisting of six and ten; fifteen and one more.

See Sextodecimo.

Sixth after the tenth; next in order after the fifteenth.

Steel low in carbon; mild steel; ingot iron.

usually in contempt. What woful stuff this madrigal would be In some starved hackney sonneteer or me! Pope.