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er of a god; deity; divinity; a god or goddess. O'er hills and dales their godships came. Prior.

An old English name of some yellow flower, -- the marigold (Calendula), according to Dr. Prior, but in Chaucer perhaps the turnsole.

se. The Graces love to weave the rose. Moore. The Loves delighted, and the Graces played. Prior.

o impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly. O! may they graven in thy heart remain. Prior.

isposing, or, as the painters term it, in grouping such a multitude of different objects. Prior. Grouped columns (Arch.), three or moro columns placed upon the same pedestal.

nd a surly manner. L'Avare, not using half his store, Still grumbles that he has no more. Prior.

A cunning or crafty person [Collog.] Prior.

To encourage with shouts. Old John hallooes his hounds again. Prior.

To manage; as, I hand my oar. [Obs.] Prior.

r sow thistle; -- so called because hares are said to eat it when fainting with heat. Dr. Prior. -- Jumping hare. (Zoöl.) See under Jumping. -- Little chief hare, or Crying hare. (Zoöl.) See Chief hare. -- Sea hare. (Zoöl.) See Aplysia.

lliferous plant (Bupleurum rotundifolium ); -- so named from the shape of its leaves. Dr. Prior.

e, and let loose on the prey; to practice falconry. A falconer Henry is, when Emma hawks. Prior.

; to distend; hence, to labor; to struggle. Frequent for breath his panting bosom heaves. Prior. The heaving plain of ocean. Byron.

utweed; -- so called in honor of St. Gerard, who used to be invoked against the gout. Dr. Prior. -- Herb grace, or Herb of grace. (Bot.) See Rue. -- Herb Margaret (Bot.), the daisy. See Marguerite. -- Herb Paris (Bot.), an Old World plant related to the trillium (Paris quadrifolia), commonly reputed poisonous. -- H…

To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing. Prior. The hobbling versification, the mean diction. Jeffreys.

epressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel. Forests grew Upon the barren hollows. Prior. I hate the dreadful hollow behind the little wood. Tennyson.

Her eyes are homes of silent prayer. Tennyson. Flandria, by plenty made the home of war. Prior.

Of or pertaining to an hour, or to hours. Prior.

oud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Jas. iv. 6. She should be humble who would please. Prior. Without a humble imitation of the divine Author of our . . . religion we can never hope to be a happy nation. Washington. Humble plant (Bot.), a species of sensitive plant, of the genus Mimosa (M. sensitiva). -- To eat hum…

me that with care true eloquence shall teach, And to just idioms fix our doubtful speech. Prior. Sometimes we identify the words with the object -- though be courtesy of idiom rather than in strict propriety of language. Coleridge. Every good writer has much idiom. Landor. It is not by means of rules that such idioms a…