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A feast for the benefit of the parish clerk. [Eng.] T. Warton.

Resembling clods; gross; low; stupid; boorish. Hawthorne. -- Clod"dish*ness, n.

Boorish; rude. C. Bronté.

A girl; a maiden. [Anglo-Irish]

The last part of anything; close; termination; end. A fluorish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest. Prescott.

To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition. [Obs.] Food is concocted, the heart beats, the blood circulates. Cheyne.

r mustard; seasoning. As for radish and the like, they are for condiments, and not for nourishment. Bacon.

me mind; to accord; to concur. And Saul was consenting unto his death. Acts. viii. 1. Flourishing many years before Wyclif, and much consenting with him in jugdment. Fuller.

s; intimate association; nearness; proximity. The convicinity and contiguity of the two parishes. T. Warton.

Immediate vicinity; neighborhood. The convicinity and contiguity of the two parishes. T. Warton.

The curved line or flourish at the end of a book or chapter; hence, the end. [R.] Bp. Hacket.

That which may decay and perish; the human body. [Archaic] 1 Cor. xv. 53.

ndron utile or Brosimum Galactodendron) of South America, which yields, on incision, a nourishing fluid, resembling milk.

To cherish with care. [Obs.]

The act of constituting or investing with a new character; appointment; formation. An Irish peer of recent creation. Landor.

A king of Lydia who flourished in the 6th century b. c., and was renowned for his vast wealth; hence, a common appellation for a very rich man; as, he is veritable Croesus.

Undigested; unconcocted; not brought into a form to give nourishment. "Crude and inconcoct." Bacon.

part into small fragments; hence, to fall to decay or ruin; to become disintegrated; to perish. If the stone is brittle, it will crumble and pass into the form of gravel. Arbuthnot. The league deprived of its principal supports must soon crumble to pieces. Prescott.

To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish. Leisure . . . to cultivate general literature. Wordsworth.

somewhat resembling fennel (Cuminum Cyminum), cultivated for its seeds, which have a bitterish, warm taste, with an aromatic flavor, and are used like those of anise and caraway. [Written also cummin.] Rank-smelling rue, and cumin good for eyes. Spenser. Black cumin (Bot.), a plant (Nigella sativa) with pungent seeds,…