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Having no rest; perpetually agitated. "Biscay's sleepless bay." Byron. -- Sleep"less*ly, adv. -- Sleep"less*ness, n.

To cast off; to discard as refuse. New tint the plumage of the birds, And slough decay from grazing herds. Emerson.

A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth. Prior.

Whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit; a sound tooth; a sound ship.

g to Oniscus, Porcellio, and allied genera of the family Oniscidæ. They feed chiefly on decaying vegetable substances. -- Sow thistle Etym: [AS. sugepistel] (Bot.), a composite plant (Sonchus oleraceus) said to be eaten by swine and some other animals.

the main substance; a spot; a stain; a blemish; as, a speck on paper or loth; specks of decay in fruit. "Gray sand, with black specks." Anson.

To die, decay, or become gangrenous, as flesh or bone; to mortify.

To cause to decay and perish; to corrput; to vitiate; to mar. Spiritual pride spils many graces. Jer. Taylor.

Having lost the life or graces of youth; worn out; decayed. "A stale virgin." Spectator.

ontinue in a state. The flames augment, and stay At their full height, then languish to decay. Dryden.

; as, to strain a horse by overloading; to strain the wrist; to strain a muscle. Prudes decayed about may track, Strain their necks with looking back. Swift.

try subject to extreme heat; men subject to temptation. All human things are subject to decay. Dryden.

Cheerful; genial; as, a sunny disposition. My decayed fair A sunny look of his would soon repair. Shak.

icates the existence of something else; as, corruption in elections is a symptom of the decay of public virtue.

The South American lapwing (Vanellus Cayennensis). Its wings are furnished with short spurs. Called also Cayenne lapwing.

mbers and strength till it became master of all Prussia, Livonia, and Pomerania. In its decay it was abolished by Napoleon; but it has been revived as an honorary order.

they prepared timber . . . to build the house. 1 Kings v. 18. Many of the timbers were decayed. W. Coxe.

ed fungi, mostly of the genus Agaricus. The species are almost numberless. They grow on decaying organic matter.

A place where a messuage has once stood; the site of a burnt or decayed house.

Wood so decayed as to serve for tinder; spunk, or punk.