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The erd shrew. [Scot.]

Having the appearance of bran; consisting of or containing bran. Wiseman.

th rubbish, but with brick or stone fitted to the crannies. Dryden. He peeped into every cranny. Arbuthnot.

A grandmother; a grandam; familiarly, an old woman. Granny's bend, or Granny's knot (Naut.), a kind of insecure knot or hitch; a reef knot crossed the wrong way.

Thin; lean; meager; scrawny; scrannel. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

of government. "Sir," would he [Seneca] say, "an emperor mote need Be virtuous and hate tyranny." Chaucer.

The common wren. [Prov. Eng.]

That which is analogous to, or corresponds with, some other thing. The vexatious tyranny of the individual despot meets its analogue in the insolent tyranny of the many. I. Taylor.

The quality of being arbitrary; despoticalness; tyranny. Bp. Hall.

r natural straightness. Milton. The whole nation bowed their necks to the worst kind of tyranny. Prescott.

insisted on the Solemn league and Covenant, and in 1680 declared Charles II deposed for tyranny, breach of faith, etc. Cameron was killed at the battle of Airdmoss, but his followers became a denomination (afterwards called Reformed Presbyterians) who refused to recognize laws or institutions which they believed contra…

Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless. Comfortless through turanny or might. Spenser.

ntempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean; vile; despicable. Milton. The arguments of tyranny are ascontemptible as its force is dreadful. Burke.

h; disgrace. The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely. Shak. Nothing aggravates tyranny so much as contumely. Burke.

ngry jaws. Drayton. By these men, religion,that should be The curb, is made the spur of tyranny. Denham.

ower, spirit, or principles of a despot; absolute control over others; tyrannical sway; tyranny. "The despotism of vice." Byron.

n dispose To future good our past and present woes. Dryden. Suspicions dispose kings to tyranny, husbands to jealousy, and wise men to irresolution and melancholy. Bacon. To dispose of. (a) To determine the fate of; to exercise the power of control over; to fix the condition, application, employment, etc. of; to direct…

tic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, or an historical episode. They dramatized tyranny for public execration. Motley.

ices; the emancipation of the mind from superstition; the emancipation of a nation from tyranny or subjection.

the occasion of praise; excellency; brilliancy; splendor. Think it no glory to swell in tyranny. Sir P. Sidney. Jewels lose their glory if neglected. Shak. Your sex's glory 't is to shine unknown. Young.