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with of. Also, to creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel. O lose of sight, of three I most complain! Milton.

That may be complained of. [R.] Feltham.

One who makes complaint. Eager complainants of the dispute. Collier.

One who complains or laments; one who finds fault; a murmurer. Beattie. Speechless complainer, I will learn thy thought. Shak.

ensure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding. I poured out my complaint before him. Ps. cxlii. 2. Grievous complaints of you. Shak.

Full of complaint. [Obs.]

One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.

An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint, entreaty, contempt, threatening, delight, triumph, etc., according to the manner of utterance.

Allegation. [Obs.] With many complaints and allegements. Bp. Sanderson.

on by a witness in reply to a question. In Equity, it is the usual form of defense to the complainant's charges in his bill. Bouvier.

Counteractive of bilious complaints; tending to relieve biliousness.

t as a prisoner at the bar of a court to answer to the matter charged in an indictment or complaint. Blackstone.

d; the act of calling and setting a prisoner before a court to answer to an indictment or complaint.

regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant. To review The wrongful sentence, and award a new. Dryden.

Patient endurance; suffering without complaint.

A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law.

istress, grief, or vexation of mind. The lip that curls with bitterness. Percival. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. Job vii. 11.

One who bleats; a sheep. In cold, stiff soils the bleaters oft complain Of gouty ails. Dyer.

To complain loudly; to scold.

nd speedy justice, or that errors and irreguarities may be corrected. It is obtained upon complaint of a party that he has not received justice, or can not have an impartial trial in the inferior court.