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The part of a plow which projects downward beneath the beam, for holding the share and other working parts; -- also called standard, or post.

r excellent; to mar, or make defective, either the body or mind. Sin is a soil which blemisheth the beauty of thy soul. Brathwait.

to nurture with care; to protect and aid. We were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children. 1 Thess. ii. 7.

To constitute a difference; to make to differ. Who distinguisheth thee 1 Cor. iv. 7. (Douay version).

d it to be inhabited. Is. xlv. 18. Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity! Hab. ii. 12.

mitation or for warning; by way of example. She is exemplarily loyal. Howell. Some he punisheth exemplarily. Hakewill.

To gather foam; to froth; as, the billows foam. He foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth. Mark ix. 18.

lk, guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement. The seminary that furnisheth matter for the formation and increment of animal and vegetable bodies. Woodward. A nation, to be great, ought to be compressed in its increment by nations more civilized than itself. Coleridge.

y animals or birds to be devoured; hence, a person given up as a victim. The old lion perisheth for lack of prey. Job iv. ii. Already sees herself the monster's prey. Dryden.

The sheth of a plow.

t; on that account. Every error is a stain to the beauty of nature; for which cause it blusheth thereat. Hooker.

For what is your life It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. James iv. 14.