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ve a desire or yearning; to long; to hanker. They cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. Acts xxvii. 29. This is as good an argument as an antiquary could wish for. Arbuthnot.

Any weak, thin drink.

Capable or worthy of being wished for; desirable. Udall.

The forked bone in front of the breastbone in birds; -- called also merrythought, and wishing bone. See Merrythought, and Furculum.

According to wish; conformably to desire. [Obs.] Chapman.

One who wishes or desires; one who expresses a wish. Shak.

Showing desire; as, wishful eyes. From Scotland am I stolen, even of pure love To greet mine own land with my wishful sight. Shak.

a. & n. from Wish, v. t. Wishing bone. See Wishbone. -- Wishing cap, a cap fabled to give one whatever he wishes for when wearing it.

According to desire; longingly; with wishes. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Chapman.

The prairie dog.

rength or substance; -- originally said of liquids. Fig., weak-minded; spiritless. A weak wishy-washy man who had hardly any mind of his own. A. Trollope.

Timorous; fearful; cowardly. [R.] Shak.

Like a daw.

To wish beforehand.

One who wishes ill to another; an enemy.

To wish mutually in regarded to each other. [Obs.] Donne.

Of or pertaining to the Jews or Hebrews; characteristic of or resembling the Jews or their customs; Israelitish. -- Jew"ish*ly, adv. -- Jew"ish*ness, n.

nces with Nisan and the civil year with Tishri. The date of the first of Tishri, or the Jewish New Year, is also given for the Jewish years 5661-5696 (1900- 1935 a. d.). From these tables it is possible to transform any Jewish date into Christian, or vice versa, for the years 1900-1935 a. d.

Somewhat low. [Colloq.] Richardson.

Of the nature of, or like, marrow.