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To watch; to dog, or keep track of. [Prov. Eng. or Slang] H. Kingsley.

Not moving; not appearing to move; stable; fixed. Charles Wesley, who is a more stationary man, does not believe the story. Southey.

as, a stock actor; a stock play; a stock sermon. "A stock charge against Raleigh." C. Kingsley. Stock company (Theater), a company of actors regularly employed at one theater, or permanently acting together in various plays under one management.

th astonishment, especially on account of excellence; as, stunning poetry. [Slang] C. Kingsley. -- Stun"ning*ly, adv. [Slang]

The act of supplementing. C. Kingsley.

To whirl, or cause to whirl, as in an eddy. "The river swirled along." C. Kingsley.

na. See Kelp. Coral and sea fan and tangle, the blooms and the palms of the ocean. C. Kingsley.

Private; confidential; familiar. She avoided tête-à-tête walks with him. C. Kingsley.

cymbal. 1 Cor. xiii. 1. The sprightly horse Moves to the music of his tinkling bells. Dodsley.

n of color, by making it more harmonius. Its thousand hues toned down harmoniusly. C. Kingsley.

R.] "The topiarian artist." Sir W. Scott. All the pedantries of the topiarian art. C. Kingsley.

y pinnacle. [Prov. Eng.] A rolling range of dreary moors, unbroken by tor or tree. C. Kingsley.

oud; contemptuous; scornful; affectedly indifferent; as, a tossy commonplace. [R.] C. Kingsley.

One who writes tracts; specif., a Tractarian. [R.] C. Kingsley.

Destitute of trees. C. Kingsley.

with the fingers. See ruddy maids, Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel. Dodsley. No more beneath soft eve's consenting star Fandango twirls his jocund castanet. Byron.

A shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet. [Colloq. Eng.] C. Kingsley.

Of or pertaining to a natural order (Umbelliferæ) of plants, of which the parsley, carrot, parsnip, and fennel are well-known examples.

covenanted; not granted or entered into under a covenant, agreement, or contract. Bp. Horsley.

Absence of simplicity; artfulness. C. Kingsley.