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.] Shak. He, advancing close Up to the lake, past all the rest, arose In glorious object. Chapman.

cophancy. [Obs.] Salads and flesh, such as their haste could get, Served with observance. Chapman. This is not atheism, But court observance. Beau. & Fl.

A nobleman or aristocrat; a chief man in a state or city. [R.] Chapman.

Orblike; having the course of an orb; revolving. [Obs.] "Orby hours." Chapman.

yden. We asked of God that some ostent might clear Our cloudy business, who gave us sign. Chapman.

To spread out in array. [Obs.] And now they outray to your fleet. Chapman.

To cover. [Obs.] Chapman.

or aperture; a recess; a recess; a chamber. [Obs.] Spenser. "The cave's inmost overture." Chapman.

See Poise. Chapman.

sed in communities, confraternities, etc. Kiss the pax, and be quiet like your neighbors. Chapman.

Pervious. [Obs.] -- Per"vi*al*ly, adv. [Obs.] Chapman.

A constable's or bailiff's staff; -- so called from its shape. [Obs.] Chapman.

A fisherman; -- so called after the apostle Peter. [An obs. local term in Eng.] Chapman.

Pointed; sharp. "Picked and polished." Chapman. Let the stake be made picked at the top. Mortimer.

In pieces; in parts or fragments. "On which it piecemeal brake." Chapman. The beasts will tear thee piecemeal. Tennyson.

The head of an arrow or spear. [Obs.] Chapman.

Having a pile or point; pointed. [Obs.] "Magus threw a spear well piled." Chapman.

to grip; to bite; -- said of animals. [Obs.] He [the hound] pinched and pulled her down. Chapman.

To applaud. [Obs.] Chapman.

k; as, a plump of trees, fowls, or spears. [Obs.] To visit islands and the plumps of men. Chapman.