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anguish; to depress or destroy the vigor and energy of. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.] Despots have wilted the human race into sloth and imbecility. Dr. T. Dwight.

e loops cut so as to form an elastic velvet pile; -- so called because made originally at Wilton, England.

A quilt. [Prov. Eng.]

The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar. Gwilt.

A large pulpit or reading desk, in the early Christian churches. Gwilt.

The corner or quoin of a wall, cross-beam, or rafter. [Obs.] Gwilt.

A flying buttress. Gwilt.

ood used to raise the slates of a roof against a chimney or wall, to throw off the rain. Gwilt. -- Arris gutter, a gutter of a V form fixed to the eaves of a building. Gwilt.

Be; but formed after the analogy of the plural are, with the ending -t, as in thou shalt, wilt, orig. an ending of the second person sing. pret. Cf. Be. Now used only in solemn or poetical style.

Justification; warrant. Wilt thou be glass wherein it shall discern Authority for sin, warrant for blame. Shak.

nsider with one's self, to reflect, to deliberate. [Obs.] Chaucer. Now therefore, if thou wilt enriched be, Avise thee well, and change thy willful mood. Spenser.

On the back, or with the back downward. Thou wilt fall backward. Shak.

small band or fillet; any little band or flat molding, compassing a column, like a ring. Gwilt.

tiling which projects beyond the principal rafters, in buildings where there is a gable. Gwilt.

The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital. [Improperly so used.] Gwilt.

r bathing. Among the ancients, the public baths were of amazing extent and magnificence. Gwilt.

the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; -- called also a bevel square. Gwilt.

A projecting molding round a panel. Same as Bilection. Gwilt.

sed in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder. Gwilt.

A stone in a building, left rough and projecting, to be afterward carved into shape. Gwilt.