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A species of wall made of stiff earth or clay rammed in between molds which are carried up as the wall rises; -- called also pisé work. Gwilt.

contemn; to scorn; to disdain; to have a low opinion or contemptuous dislike of. Fools despise wisdom and instruction. Prov. i. 7. Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them. Jowett (Thucyd. ).

The state of being despised.

A despising. [R.] Holland.

One who despises; a contemner; a scorner.

Growing on the sepals or adnate to them.

A maker of tapestry; an upholsterer. [R.] Chaucer.

Tending to affront or offend; offensive; abusive. How affrontive it is to despise mercy. South.

To spurn; to despise. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

to court. [Obs.] Rich men they claw, soothe up, and flatter; the poor they contemn and despise. Holland.

To view or treat with contempt, as mean and despicable; to reject with disdain; to despise; to scorn. Thy pompous delicacies I contemn. Milton. One who contemned divine and human laws. Dryden.

One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner. "Contemners of the gods." South.

The state of being despised; disgrace; shame. Contempt and begarry hangs upon thy back. Shaks.

Despised; scorned; neglected; abject. Locke.

The state or quality of being contemptible, or of being despised.

leasing to God; humbly and thoroughly penitent. A contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Ps. li. 17. Be penitent, and for thy fault contrite. Milton.

f danger or hurt; lack of spirit. The cowardice of doing wrong. Milton. Moderation was despised as cowardice. Macualay.

trustworthy. He could obtain from one morose cynic, whose opinion it was impossible to despise, scarcely any not acidulated with scorn. Macaulay.

Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a despicable gift.

to shame; to abash. How would one look from his majestic brow . . . Discountenance her despised! Milton. The hermit was somewhat discountenanced by this observation. Sir W. Scott.