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To talk unmeaningly; to chatter or prattle. [R.] Latimer.

become soft or muddy. Chalky and clay lands . . . chap in summer, and poach in winter. Mortimer.

To act as a prelate. [Obs.] Right prelating is busy laboring, and not lording. Latimer.

To follow after. [Obs.] Latimer.

avowal; a solemn declaration, especially of dissent. " The protestation of our faith." Latimer.

The quality of being proud; pride. Set aside all arrogancy and proudness. Latimer.

hay, straw, corn, oats, or a mixture of ground grain; feed. "Hay or other provender." Mortimer. Good provender laboring horses would have. Tusser.

saints have not so sharp eyes to see down from heaven; they be purblindand sand-blind. Latimer. O purblind race of miserable men. Tennyson. -- Pur"blind`ly, adv. -- Pur"blind`ness, n.

e net, a fishing net, the mouth of which may be closed or drawn together like a purse. Mortimer. Purse pride, pride of money; insolence proceeding from the possession of wealth. Bp. Hall. -- Purse rat. (Zoöl.) See Pocket gopher, under Pocket. -- Sword and purse, the military power and financial resources of a nation.…

mper. The bishop was somewhat quick with them, and signified that he was much offended. Latimer.

Sharpness; pungency of taste. Mortimer.

To plant with living shrubs or trees for a hedge; as, to quickset a ditch. Mortimer.

jected from a position. [R.] "Make them quondams; . . . cast them out of their office." Latimer.

Causing vigorous growth; producing luxuriantly; very rich and fertile; as, rank land. Mortimer.

apple having the skin streaked with red and yellow, -- a favorite English cider apple. Mortimer.

To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Mortimer.

ding to remit, or to secure remission; remissive. "A sacrifice expiatory or remissory." Latimer.

A name of many different kinds of apples. Cf. Reinette. Mortimer.

A heavy cylinder used to break clods. Mortimer.

arth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow. In deep grounds the weeds root deeper. Mortimer.