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A weaver; originally, a female weaver. [Obs.] Brathwait.

A hydrous sulphate of alumina occurring in white reniform masses.

Frenzy; madness. [Obs.] Webster (1661).

To offer an apology. [Obs.] For which he can not well apology. J. Webster.

men, collectively. Let all our archery fall off In wings of shot a-both sides of the van. Webster (1607).

An arpent. [Obs.] Webster (1623).

time; mortal existence. [Obs.] Claudius, thou Wast follower of his fortunes in his being. Webster (1654).

Beneficence; liberality. [Obs.] Webster (1623).

. . . rode with the black guard in the duke's carriage, 'mongst spits and dripping pans. Webster (1612).

ithout compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman; fell. "The victim of a butcherly murder." D. Webster. What stratagems, how fell, how butcherly, This deadly quarrel daily doth beget! Shak.

alities or virulence of a cancer; affected with cancer. "cancerous vices" G. Eliot. [1913 Webster]

ir or water. Events of centuries . . . compressed within the compass of a single life. D. Webster. The same strength of expression, though more compressed, runs through his historical harangues. Melmoth.

igned has the honor to repeat to Mr. Hulseman the assurance of his high consideration. D. Webster. The consideration with which he was treated. Whewell.

bs.] For, of all miserias, I hold that chief Wretched to be, when none coparts our grief. Webster (1661).

s trimming or for neckwear, and named from the manner in which it is gathered or fulled. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

ed also Fig. He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet. D. Webster. Corpse candle. (a) A thick candle formerly used at a lich wake, or the customary watching with a corpse on the night before its interment. (b) A luminous appearance, resembling the flame of a candle, sometimes seen in chu…

a community. He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet. D. Webster.

of the essential qualities of a thing or species. Milton has descriptions of morning. D. Webster.

hitherward, and be assured that foundations of our national power still stand strong. D. Webster.

etection of fraud, forgery, or a plot. Such secrets of guilt are never from detection. D. Webster.