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h verbs of motion; as, to sail over to England; to hand over the money; to go over to the enemy. "We will pass over to Gibeah." Judges xix. 12. Also, with verbs of being: At, or on, the opposite side; as, the boat is over.

To sow where something has already been sown. [R.] His enemy came and oversowed cockle among the wheat. Matt. x

A shield of basket work formerly used by archers as a shelter from the enemy's missiles.

A wall, rampart, or elevation of earth, for covering soldiers from an enemy's fire; a breastwork. See Illust. of Casemate.

Mutual discourse or conversation; discussion; hence, an oral conference with an enemy, as with regard to a truce. We yield on parley, but are stormed in vain. Dryden. To beat a parley (Mil.), to beat a drum, or sound a trumpet, as a signal for holding a conference with the enemy.

A native Parthia. Parthian arrow, an arrow discharged at an enemy when retreating from him, as was the custom of the ancient Parthians; hence, a parting shot.

he commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.

a railroad or theater pass; a military pass. A ship sailing under the flag and pass of an enemy. Kent.

f troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts.

sometimes extended along the side of a vessel in a naval engagement, to conceal from the enemy the operations on board.

ich, is troublesome, noxious, mischievous, or destructive; a nuisance. "A pest and public enemy." South.

remove by picking. (b) To shoot or bring down, one by one; as, sharpshooters pick off the enemy. -- To pick out. (a) To mark out; to variegate; as, to pick out any dark stuff with lines or spots of bright colors. (b) To select from a number or quantity. -- To pick to pieces, to pull apart piece by piece; hence [Collo…

roops serving to guard an army from surprise, and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy; -- called also outlying picket.

ate; to enter; to force a way into or through; to pass into or through; as, to pierce the enemy's line; a shot pierced the ship.

goods by open violence; to plunder; to spoil; to lay waste; as, to pillage the camp of an enemy. Mummius . . . took, pillaged, and burnt their city. Arbuthnot.

To take by pillage; to appropriate forcibly; as, the enemy plundered all the goods they found.

arge sums in hazardous speculations. [Cant] Plunging fire (Gun.), firing directed upon an enemy from an elevated position.

tful; unscrupulous; cunning; -- said of persons. Politic with my friend, smooth with mine enemy. Shak.

h iron, hung over the gateway of a fortress, to be let down to prevent the entrance of an enemy. "Let the portcullis fall." Sir W. Scott. She . . . the huge portcullis high updrew. Milton.

person who had gone to sojourn in a foreign country, or had been banished, or taken by an enemy. Burrill.