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In state of expectation.

s a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right. A light which the fierce winds have no power to extinguish. Prescott. This extinguishes my right to the reversion. Blackstone.

Capable of being quenched, destroyed, or suppressed.

One who, or that which, extinguishes; esp., a hollow cone or other device for extinguishing a flame, as of a torch or candle.

The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished; extinction; suppression; destruction; nullification; as, the extinguishment of fire or flame, of discord, enmity, or jealousy, or of love or affection.

Rejoicing triumphantly or exceedingly; exultant. -- Ex*ult"ing*ly, adv.

he brain, the face becoming pallid, the respiration feeble, and the heat's beat weak. Fainting fit, a fainting or swoon; syncope. [Colloq.]

The state or condition of being faulted; the process by which a fault is produced.

The act of splitting timber by the felt grain.

Qualified for war; fit for battle. An host of fighting men. 2 Chron. xxvi. 11.

Pugnaciously.

The protecting of a joint, as between roof and parapet wall, with mortar, or cement, where flashing is employed in better work.

Apt to censure or cavil; faultfinding; captious. [Obs.] Whitlock.

Anything used in fitting up; especially (pl.),

A mode of painting,in which the paint, being mixed with turpentine, leaves the work without gloss. Gwilt.

In a flaunting way.

Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as, the fleeting hours or moments.

In a fleeting manner; swiftly.

A mixture of buttermilk and boiling whey; curds. [prov. Eng.] Wright.

In a flirting manner.