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The good humor or mirth indulged in upon festive occasions; a convivial spirit or humor; festivity.

ther or others; to concur in action, effort, or effect. Whate'er coöperates to the common mirth. Crashaw.

To attempt to attract the notice, admiration, or love of; to treat with a show of tenderness or regard, with a view to deceive and disappoint. You are coquetting a maid of honor. Swift.

A vain, trifling woman, who endeavors to attract admiration from a desire to grafity vanity; a flirt; -- formerly sometimes applied also to men.

exhibition in which a series of views in various parts of the world is seen reflected by mirrors through a series of lenses, with such illumination, etc., as will make the views most closely represent reality.

extremely delighted with the poetical beauty of some parts . . . .The costume, too, is admirable. Sir J. Mackintosh.

Locke. Goring loved no man so well but that he would cozen him, and expose him to public mirth for having been cozened. Clarendon.

r without quite separating into parts. By misfortune it cracked in the coling. Boyle. The mirror cracked from side to side. Tennyson.

ast; to speak loudly and boastfully. [Obs.] Each man may crake of that which was his own. Mir. for Mag.

s with a game at crambo. I heard several double rhymes . . . which raised a great deal of mirth. Addison.

es than personal knowledge; belief; credit; confidence. To give credence to the Scripture miracles. Trench. An assertion which might easily find credence. Macualay.

collodion on a negative, or a coat of varnish, may creep in drying; the quicksilver on a mirror may creep.

To daggle or bemire. [Prov. Eng.] Johnson.

Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed.

, goodness, or value of; to hurt; to injure; to impair. He . . . came up to the English admiral and gave him a broadside, with which he killed many of his men and damaged the ship. Clarendon.

Damp; moist; humid; wet. Now that the fields are dank and ways are mire. Milton. Cheerless watches on the cold, dank ground. Trench.

e a woman. Beau. & Fl. To dare larks, to catch them by producing terror through to use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them. Nares.

To cast a gloom upon. With these forced thoughts, I prithee, darken not The mirth of the feast. Shak.

skillful manner. If a picture is daubed with many bright and glaring colors, the vulgar admire it is an excellent piece. I. Watts. A lame, imperfect piece, rudely daubed over. Dryden.

To be overpoweringly or intensely bright; to excite admiration by brilliancy. Ah, friend! to dazzle, let the vain design. Pope.