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To retire again to a couch; to lie down again. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

ied this great peer, in a time of great recourse unto him and dependence upon him. Sir H. Wotton. Our last recourse is therefore to our art. Dryden.

Was to send him. Shak. Light must be supplied, among gracefulrefuges, by terracing Sir H. Wotton. Cities of refuge (Jewish Antiq.), certain cities appointed as places of safe refuge for persons who had committed homicide without design. Of these there were three on each side of Jordan. Josh. xx. -- House of refuge, a…

That which repairs. Sir H. Wotton.

A representative. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

One who resents. Sir H. Wotton.

sed. Our Vitruvius calleth this affection in the eye a resupination of the figure. Sir H. Wotton.

Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance. Sir H. Wotton.

Space; place; room. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

e. "Mine ancestors were rude." Chaucer. He was but rude in the profession of arms. Sir H. Wotton. the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. Gray.

To cause to grieve; to afflict. [Obs.] "God wot, it rueth me." Chaucer.

Of or pertaining to a rumor; of the nature of rumors. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

s train spurred up his horse, and, with a violent rush, severed him from the duke. Sir H. Wotton.

y; wild gayety; frolic; escapade. The excursion was esteemed but a sally of youth. Sir H. Wotton. Sally port. (a) (Fort.) A postern gate, or a passage underground, from the inner to the outer works, to afford free egress for troops in a sortie. (b) (Naval) A large port on each quarter of a fireship, for the escape of t…

sardonic smiles are glozing still, And grief is forced to laugh against her will. Sir H. Wotton. The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody ruffian. Burke. Sardonic grin or laugh, an old medical term for a spasmodic affection of the muscles of the face, giving it an appearance of laughter.

ts as another's aid in a duel. Being sure enough of seconds after the first onset. Sir H. Wotton.

a thing; change; substitution. My going to Oxford was not merely for shift of air. Sir H. Wotton.

dicines. Boyle. Princes are, by wisdom of state, somewhat shy of thier successors. Sir H. Wotton. To fight shy. See under Fight, v. i.

State of being slope. Sir H. Wotton.

To lay to sleep. [R.] Wotton.