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Fig.: To absorb; to drain. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

Solemnness. Some think he wanted solemnes. Sir H. Wotton.

Lively; gay; vivid; airy. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton. The mind of man is of that spirituous, stirring nature, that it is perpetually at work. South.

Very conspicuous; illustrious. "Great and splendent fortunes." Sir H. Wotton.

Inclined to spit; spitting much. Sir H. Wotton.

, balusters, etc. To make a complete staircase is a curious piece of architecture. Sir H. Wotton. Staircase shell. (Zoöl.) (a) Any scalaria, or wentletrap. (b) Any species of Solarium, or perspective shell.

ent; to have relief. "Picture is best when it standeth off, as if it were carved." Sir H. Wotton. -- To stand off and on (Naut.), to remain near a coast by sailing toward land and then from it. -- To stand on (Naut.), to continue on the same tack or course. -- To stand out. (a) To project; to be prominent. "Their ey…

der. The breadth of every single step or stair should be never less than one foot. Sir H. Wotton.

laboratory; a place or room in which distillation is performed. [R.] Dr. H. More. Sir H. Wotton.

dys. His chamber was commonly stived with friends or suitors of one kind or other. Sir H. Wotton.

ilton. He was not of any delicate contexture; his limbs rather sturdy than dainty. Sir H. Wotton.

The act of subministering. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

obedience; compliance. Submission, dauphin! 't is a mere French word; We English warrious wot not what it means. Shak.

A drain or collection of filth. [Obs.] [Written also sulliage, and sullage.] Sir H. Wotton.

Support. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

Increase; addition; surplus. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

Ardently desired or longed for; earnestly coveted. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

To sink down by its weight; to sag. Sir H. Wotton. I swag as a fat person's belly swaggeth as he goeth. Palsgrave.

One eminently studious of symmetry of parts. Sir H. Wotton.

to another; to hand over; as, he took the book to the bindery. He took me certain gold, I wot it well. Chaucer.