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A horse or a person that ambles.

One who gambles.

One who rambles; a rover; a wanderer.

1. One who scambles.

One who scrambles; one who climbs on all fours.

A notorious gambler. [Colloq.]

An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid; a decoy. [Cant] Bonnet head (Zoöl.), a shark (Sphyrna tiburio) of the southern United States and West Indies. -- Bonnet limpet (Zoöl.), a name given, from their shape, to various species of shells (family Calyptræidæ). -- Bonnet monkey…

A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers [Slang, U. S.].

tion, or steady rectitude, escape blame from censors who have no inclination to approve. Rambler.

of a room so that they shall fall as near as possible to a certain crack in the floor. [Gamblers' Cant, U. S.]

beginnings of new affection. Sir H. Wotton. A pomade . . . of virtue to discuss pimples. Rambler.

a man a woman for her beauty. Collier. Whoever envies another confesses his superiority. Rambler.

ay; disappearance; as, the evanescence of vapor, of a dream, of earthly plants or hopes. Rambler.

The last emission of breath; death. "The groan of expiration." Rambler.

ally, sporting characters taken collectively, or any specific class of them, as jockeys, gamblers, prize fighters, etc. At a great book sale in London, which had congregated all the fancy. De Quincey.

rly pretentious; as, flash people; flash men or women; -- applied especially to thieves, gamblers, and prostitutes that dress in a showy way and wear much cheap jewelry. Flash house, a house frequented by flash people, as thieves and whores; hence, a brothel. "A gang of footpads, reveling with their favorite beauties a…

, insincere, or excessive praise. Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. Rambler. Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver. Burke.

con. There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity. Rambler. Preferred by friendship, and not chosen by sufficiency. Spenser.

A person who plays at games; esp., one accustomed to play for a stake; a gambler; one skilled in games. When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentlest gamester is the soonest winner. Shak.

ue or religion; a simulation of goodness. Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of villainy. Rambler. Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue. La Rochefoucauld (Trans. ).