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Variegated in color; consisting of different colors; dappled; party-colored; as, a motley coat.

Having a mind of a jester; foolish. Shak.

One who attends; an assistant. "With such chiefs, and with James and John as acolytes." Motley.

Dull-witted; stupid. "The addle-brained Oberstein." Motley. Dull and addle-pated. Dryden.

of being adroit; skill and readiness; dexterity. Adroitness was as requisite as courage. Motley.

A tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl; a fray. "In the very midst of the affray." Motley.

A marginal note on a letter or other paper; an annotation. Motley.

Bespattered; slandered; calumniated. Motley.

take by force; as, to attempt the enemy's camp. Without attempting his adversary's life. Motley.

legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant. The authorization of laws. Motley. A special authorization from the chief. Merivale.

To rate or chide vehemently; to scold. Holland. Motley.

Inclined to bluster; given to blustering; blustering. Motley.

jury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction. "Infamouse calumnies." Motley. Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. Shak.

d capable of nice investigations. More capable to discourse of battles than to give them. Motley.

The act of annulling. A general cassation of their constitutions. Motley. Court of cassation, the highest court of appeal in France, which has power to quash (Casser) or reverse the decisions of the inferior courts.

nal; a stop; as, a cessation of the war. The temporary cessation of the papal iniquities. Motley. The day was yearly observed for a festival by cessation from labor. Sir J. Hayward. Cessation of arms (Mil.), an armistice, or truce, agreed to by the commanders of armies, to give time for a capitulation, or for other pur…

l of change; mutable; inconstant; fickle; uncertain. Pope. His course had been changeful. Motley. -- Change"ful*ly, adv. -- Change"ful*ness, n.

igion, Country, genius of his Age. Pope. A man of . . . thoroughly subservient character. Motley.

together or lying contiguous; a group; as, a cluster of islands. "Cluster of provinces." Motley.

Of enormous size; gigantic; huge; as, a colossal statue. "A colossal stride." Motley.