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A thrust. See Lunge. Smollett.

One who longs for anything.

Long-loved; longevous.[R.] Pope.

Long duration of life; length of life. The instances of longevity are chiefly amongst the abstemious. Arbuthnot.

Living a long time; of great age. Sir T. Browne.

A thrust or pass; a lunge.

See Muskellunge.

To cleanse, as open drains which are entered by the tide, by stirring up the sediment when the tide ebbs.

; as, the plongée of a parapet; the plongée of a shell in its course. [Sometimes written plonge.]

A rope with a hook and a toggle, sometimes used to drag a gun carriage or to lash it to the limber, and for various other purposes.

One who, or that which, causes an extension in time or space.

The state of abiding; abode; continuance; compliance (with). The Christians had no longer abidance in the holy hill of Palestine. Fuller. A judicious abidance by rules. Helps.

temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions. Instances of longevity are chiefly among the abstemious. Arbuthnot.

To suspend business for a time, as from one day to another, or for a longer period, or indefinitely; usually, to suspend public business, as of legislatures and courts, or other convened bodies; as, congress adjourned at four o'clock; the court adjourned without day.

y from sunset to sunrise a single white light forward if under 150 feet in length, and if longer, two such lights, one near the stern and one forward.

To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of, so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees. "To annihilate the army." Macaulay.

ying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists, so that the name can no longer be applied to it; as, the annihilation of a corporation.

To any extent; in any degree; at all. You are not to go loose any longer. Shak. Before you go any farther. Steele.

A person of consideration or standing. [Colloq.] All the men belonged exclusively to the mechanical and shopkeeping classes, and there was not a single banker or anybody in the list. Lond. Sat. Rev.

lish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now known as turning king's (or queen's) evidence in England, and state's evidence in the United States. Burrill. Bouvier.