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The head; the noddle. [Obs.]

Will not prosecute; -- an entry on the record, denoting that a plaintiff discontinues his suit, or the attorney for the public a prosecution; either wholly, or as to some count, or as to some of several defendants.

The state of being unwilling; nolition. [R.]

A little round hill; a mound; a small elevation of earth; the top or crown of a hill. On knoll or hillock rears his crest, Lonely and huge, the giant oak. Sir W. Scott.

One who tolls a bell. [Obs.] Sherwood.

Behind; in the rear. Knolles.

To regard or hold; to judge; to deem. He adjudged him unworthy of his friendship. Knolles.

ore to animate the people, he stood on high . . . and cried unto them with a loud voice. Knolles.

; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance. Brave men meet danger with assurance. Knolles. Conversation with the world will give them knowledge and assurance. Locke.

Illegitimately; in bastardy. [Archaic] Knolles.

uge stones into the air, which, falling down into the city, might break down the houses. Knolles.

d; I will open the old armories, I will broach my store, and will bring forth my stores. Knolles.

Chased by their brother's endless malice from prince to prince and from place to place. Knolles.

d with fancy or imagination. [Obs.] He was . . . pleasantly conceited, and sharp of wit. Knolles.

; tainted; vitiated; unsound. Who with such corrupt and pestilent bread would feed them. Knolles.

sed behind another, to supply its place when breached or destroyed. [R.] Cf. Contramure. Knolles.

ess. The wary Bassa . . . by speedy couriers, advertised Solyman of the enemy's purpose. Knolles.

ain influence by servile or obsequious conduct. Secretly crawling up the battered walls. Knolles. Hath crawled into the favor of the king. Shak. Absurd opinions crawl about the world. South.

use to fall; to fell; to prostrate. "Timber . . . cut down in the mountains of Cilicia." Knolles. (b) To put down; to abash; to humble, [Obs] "So great is his natural eloquence, that he cuts doun the finest orator." Addison (c) To lessen; to retrench; to curtail; as, to cut down expenses. (d) (Naut.) To raze; as, to cu…

To delay unnecessarily; to while away. Dallying off the time with often skirmishes. Knolles.