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A name given to several kinds of wood with an unpleasant smell, as that of the Foetidia Mauritiana of the Mauritius, and that of the South African Ocotea bullata.

on. It is doubtful . . . whether it contributed anything to the stop of the infection. De Foe. Occult qualities put a stop to the improvement of natural philosophy. Sir I. Newton. It is a great step toward the mastery of our desires to give this stop to them. Locke.

tly through a large outlet which they call a strait, though it be fifteen miles broad. De Foe.

at the falls of bridges, give a roaring noise. Bacon. In narrow circuit, straitened by a foe. Milton.

low, as on the head. One hung a poleax at his saddlebow, And one a heavy mace to stun the foe. Dryden.

, the style of Majesty. One style to a gracious benefactor, another to a proud, insulting foe. Burke.

Sly in design; artful; cunning; insinuating; subtile; -- applied to persons; as, a subtle foe. "A subtle traitor." Shak.

The person or thing that brings relief. This mighty succor, which made glad the foe. Dryden.

ucer. "Sundry weighty reasons." Shak. With many a sound of sundry melody. Chaucer. Sundry foes the rural realm surround. Dryden.

ne; a cast. He heaved a stone, and, rising to the throw, He sent it in a whirlwind at the foe. Addison.

s with prevailing opinions, whatever they may be; a timeserver. Timepleasers, flatterers, foes to nobleness. Shak.

Fig.: To insnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap. "I trapped the foe." Dryden.

h, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing. And watches with a trip his foe to foil. Dryden. It is the sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground. South.

A turnpike road. De Foe.

Pertaining to the center; central. [R.] De Foe. Umbilical cord.

ep under my body, and bring it into subjection. 1 Cor. ix. 27. The minstrel fell, but the foeman's chain Could not bring his proud soul under. Moore.

To undo or overthrow by preaching. [R.] De Foe.

llfully destroys or defaces any work of art or literature. The Vandals of our isle, Sworn foes to sense and law. Cowper.

e belongeth vengeance and recompense. Deut. xxxii. 35. To execute fierce vengeance on his foes. Milton.

sed in any service or art, particularly in war; one who has had. Ensigns that pierced the foe's remotest lines, The hardy veteran with tears resigns. Addison.