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upplied with land, goods, or money; wealthy; opulent; affluent; -- opposed to Ant: poor. "Rich merchants." Chaucer. The rich [person] hath many friends. Prov. xiv. 20. As a thief, bent to unhoard the cash Of some rich burgher. Milton.

That which makes one rich; an abundance of land, goods, money, or other property; wealth; opulence; affluence. Riches do not consist in having more gold and silver, but in having more in proportion, than our neighbors. Locke.

Wealth; riches. See the Note under Riches. [Obs.] Some man desireth for to have richesse. Chaucer. The richesse of all heavenly grace. Spenser.

In a rich manner.

The quality or state of being rich (in any sense of the adjective).

An herb (Pilea pumila) of the Nettle family, having a smooth, juicy, pellucid stem; -- called also clearweed.

Brass-colored.

A hydrous carbonate of copper and zinc, found in pale green or blue crystalline aggregations. It yields a kind of brass on reduction.

A kind of bird; the oyster catcher.

A musical instrument, formerly in use, in form of a spinet; -- called also manichord and clavichord.

Divided into twos or threes.

Ghastly; preternatural. Same as Eldritch. [Scot. & Local, Eng.]

To make rich with any kind of wealth; to render opulent; to increase the possessions of; as, to enrich the understanding with knowledge. Seeing, Lord, your great mercy Us hath enriched so openly. Chaucer's Dream.

One who enriches.

The act of making rich, or that which enriches; increase of value by improvements, embellishment, etc.; decoration; embellishment.

Ostrich. [Obs.] Massinger.

each one; every one; each of two. See Every. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Every one. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Same as Vehm, Vehmgericht.

A group of small wormlike animals, having cilia on the ventral side. The group is regarded as an ancestral or synthetic one, related to rotifers and annelids.