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imp. of Reach.

Any species of small ground snakes of the family Uropeltidæ; -- so called from their rough tails.

Embroidered. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

ess of the weather as affects the earth, and prevents the growth of plants; aridity. The drought of March hath pierced to the root. Chaucer. In a drought the thirsty creatures cry. Dryden.

A state of dryness of the weather; want of rain.

Characterized by drought; wanting rain; arid; adust. Droughty and parched countries. Ray.

Wrought with fine art or skill; elaborate. [Obs.] Pope.

Wrought or worked in or among other things; worked into any fabric so as to from a part of its texture; wrought or adorned, as with figures. His mantle hairy, and his bonnet sedge, Inwrought with figures dim. Milton.

Badly wrought. Bacon.

Wrought upon excessively; overworked; overexcited.

Wrought in a rough, unfinished way; worked over coarsely.

Brought up; educated. [Obs.] Spenser.

imp. & p. p. of Work. Alas that I was wrought [created]! Chaucer.

To childbed (in the phrase "brought abed," that is, delivered of a child). Shak.

Brought forth prematurely.

That which is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion. [Obs.] Shak.

to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appelate court for review.

A diseased condition of the system, brought about by the continued use of alcoholic liquors.

An amassing; a heap collected; a large quantity or number brought together; an accumulation. An amassment of imaginary conceptions. Glanvill.

Seed of the Hibiscus abelmoschus, somewhat resembling millet, brought from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a flavor like that of musk; musk seed. Chambers.