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violence. -- To fly out. (a) To rush out. (b) To burst into a passion; to break out into license. -- To let fly. (a) To throw or drive with violence; to discharge. "A man lets fly his arrow without taking any aim." Addison. (b) (Naut.) To let go suddenly and entirely; as, to let fly the sheets.

One who entertains personal enmity, hatred, grudge, or malice, against another; an enemy. A man's foes shall be they of his own household. Matt. x. 36

To stuff; to lard; to farce. [R.] Wit larded with malice, and malice forced with wit. Shak.

ght of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate. "Forethought malice." Bacon.

Mineral deposits and rock masses designated with reference to their origin; as, the siliceous formation about geysers; alluvial formations; marine formations.

A large and thick pancake, with slices of bacon in it. [Obs.] Johnson.

fit parts of another. See Dovetail, Halve, v. t., Miter, Tenon, Tooth, Tusk, Scarf, and Splice.

Unrestrained; loose; licentious; -- used in a bad sense. Spenser.

Unrestrained; immoderate; lavish; licentious; -- used in a bad sense. The critics have been very free in their censures. Felton. A man may live a free life as to wine or women. Shelley.

Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum; license.

Meat sliced and dressed with strong sauce. [Obs.] King.

The siliceous shell of a diatom. It is composed of two valves, one overlapping the other, like a pill box and its cover.

A beggar with a wallet; a licensed beggar. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

to work at the oar on board a galley. "To toil like a galley slave." Macaulay.-- Galley slice (Print.), a sliding false bottom to a large galley. Knight.

A refractory material consisting of crushed or ground siliceous stone, mixed with fire clay; -- used for lining Bessemer converters; also used for macadamizing roads.

An armed policeman in France. Thackeray.

A small piece of flesh; a slice. [Obs.] The rest in giggots cut, they spit. Chapman.

To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission. It is given me once again to behold my friend. Rowe. Then give thy friend to shed the sacred wine. Pope.

ought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together.

A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; -- so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; -- called also vitreous sponge. See Glass-rope, and Euplectella.