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led haw. It is much used in Europe for hedges, and for standards in gardens. The American hawthorn is Cratægus cordata, which has the leaves but little lobed. Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade To shepherds Shak.

Abeyance. [R.] Hawthorne.

Approachable; affable. [R.] Hawthorne.

e or time. A gentleman advanced in years, with a hard experience written in his wrinkles. Hawthorne. Advanced guard, a detachment of troops which precedes the march of the main body.

rial object (vaguely designated). A certain affair of fine red cloth much worn and faded. Hawthorne.

In a glimmering state. Hawthorne.

In a gushing state. Hawthorne.

to imagine that a friend, a kind and apprehensive . . . friend, is listening to our talk. Hawthorne.

Any surrounding or pervading influence or condition. The chillest of social atmospheres. Hawthorne.

The rise, dawn, or beginning. Hawthorne.

e studied austerity of her dress, and partly to the lack of demonstration in her manners. Hawthorne.

Past the middle of life; in the third stage. An autumnal matron. Hawthorne. Autumnal equinox, the time when the sun crosses the equator, as it proceeds southward, or when it passes the ~ point. -- ~= point, the point of the equator intersected by the ecliptic, as the sun proceeds southward; the first point of Libra.…

Babble. Hawthorne.

es with up. He barely looked the idea in the face, and hastened to bar it in its dungeon. Hawthorne.

ent, or effect. Her sentence bore that she should stand a certain time upon the platform. Hawthorne.

To cover (the head) with a wig. Hawthorne.

ion. He . . . soon lost all traces of it amid bewilderment of tree trunks and underbrush. Hawthorne.

A species of Cratægus or hawthorn (C. tomentosa). Both are used for hedges.

ry successive mother has transmitted a fainter bloom, a more delicate and briefer beauty. Hawthorne.

or thing which causes ennui. It is as great a bore as to hear a poet read his own verses. Hawthorne.