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See Whelk. [Obs.]

t [the moon] is fully accomplished for all those ends to which Providence did appoint it. Wilkins. These qualities . . . go to accomplish a perfect woman. Cowden Clarke.

further annoyance and terror of any besieged place, they would throw into it dead bodies. Wilkins.

on of breath; an aspirated sound. If aspiration be defined to be an impetus of breathing. Wilkins.

rooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow. [Obs.] Wilkins.

A running; full speed; a rapid course. When a horse is running in his full career. Wilkins.

Side by side; by the side. These pulleys . . . placed collaterally. Bp. Wilkins.

A praying together. [Obs.] Bp. Wilkins.

Capable of being conceived, imagined, or understood. "Any conceivable weight." Bp. Wilkins. It is not conceivable that it should be indeed that very person whose shape and voice it assumed. Atterbury. -- Con*ceiv"a*ble*ness, n. -- Con*ceiv"a*bly, adv.

The state or quality of being conducible; conducibleness. Bp. Wilkins.

that some urns have had inscriptions on them expressing that the lamps were burning. Bp. Wilkins. Eternity is infinitely the most considerable duration. Tillotson.

rived, planned, invented, or devised. A perpetual motion may seem easily contrivable. Bp. Wilkins.

y called a crib. Ld. Lytton. Occasional perusal of the Pagan writers, assisted by a crib. Wilkie Collins.

To mark by bounds; to set the limits of; to separate; to discriminate. Wilkinson.

The quality or state of being dilute. Bp. Wilkins.

The subject matter of instruction; a branch of knowledge. Bp. Wilkins.

To be equal in weight; to weigh as much as another thing. Bp. Wilkins.

he sense of seeing; view; observation. Josephus sets this down from his own eyesight. Bp. Wilkins.

four and a half inches or one eighth of a yard. A piece of steel three fingers thick. Bp. Wilkins.

A prop; a fulcrum. [Obs.] Bp. Wilkins.