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noun 1. Spirit distilled from cane juice; or the scummings of the juice from the boiling house, or from the treacle or molasses which drains from sugar, or from dunder, the lees of former distillations. In the United States, rum…

adverb [a, at or on, and shore. See shore.] 1. On shore; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; as, bring the goods ashore 2. On land, opposed to aboard; as, the captain of the ship remained ashore 3.

verb transitive rek'n. [Latin rego, rectus, whence regnum, regno, Eng. to reign and right.] 1. To count; to number; that is, to tell the particulars. The priest shall reckon to him the money, according to the years that remain,…

adjective 1. Gay and noisy; jovial; exhilarated to laughter. Man is the merriest species of the creation. They drank and were merry with him. Genesis 43:34. 2. Causing laughter or mirth; as a merry jest. 3.

1. Good; valid as security for something.

participle passive Passed in ships or other water craft.

noun [a more common spelling than sailer.] A mariner; a seaman; one who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels, or one who understands the management of ships in navigation.

noun [Latin matta.] 1. A texture of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, or other material, to be laid on a floor for cleaning the boots and shoes of those who enter a house, and for other purposes. 2.

verb intransitive 1. To cry with a full, loud, continued sound; to bellow, as a beast; as a roaring bull; a roaring lion. 2. To cry aloud, as in distress. The suff'ring chief roar'd out for anguish. 3.

noun [Latin calleo, callus.] 1. The bones of an animal body, separated from the flesh and retained in their natural position or connections.

verb transitive 1. To tie together, or confine with a cord, or any thing that is flexible; to fasten as with a band, fillet or ligature. 2.

noun A long, round piece of timber, elevated or designed to be raised perpendicularly or nearly so, on the keel of a ship or other vessel, to which the yards, sails and rigging are attached, and by which they are supported.

adjective 1. Not plentiful or abundant; being in small quantity in proportion to the demand. We say, water is scarce wheat, rye, barley is scarce money is scarce when the quantity is not fully adequate to the demand. 2.

noun An ardent spirit distilled from wine. The same name is now given to spirit distilled from other liquors, and in the U. States particularly to that which is distilled from cyder and peaches.

adjective [Latin vanus, whence to vanish. Eng. to wane.] 1. weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, to be rendered faint by excessive evacuations. 2. Weak; feeble; languid; exhausted; as faint with fatigue, hunger or thirst. 3.

noun A small inlet, creek or bay; a recess in the sea shore, where vessels and boats may sometimes be sheltered from the winds and waves. COVE, verb transitive TO arch over; as a coved ceiling.

verb transitive [Latin obedio; Gr.] 1. To comply with the commands, orders or instructions of a superior, or with the requirements of law, moral, political or municipal; to do that which is commanded or required, or to forbear d…

noun A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country. This word seems originally to have signified the seat of a freeholder, comprehending the mansion house and adjacent buildings.

adverb [a and loud; See Loud.] Loudly; with a loud voice, or great noise. Cry aloud spare not. Isaiah 58:1.

verb intransitive 1. To creep; to move slowly by thrusting or drawing the body along the ground, as a worm; or to move slowly on the hands and knees or feet, as a human being.

1. A flat surface; especially, a broad, level, elevated area of land; a table- land. 2. An ornamental dish for the table; a tray or salver.

adjective 1. Merry; gay; lively; full of life and mirth; jovial. It expresses more life and noise than cheerful; as a jolly troop of huntsmen. [It is seldom applied in colloquial usage to respectable company.

noun Notice or observation, particularly notice or observation expressed in words or writing; as the remarks of an advocate; the remarks made in conversation; the judicious or the uncandid remarks of a critic.

participle passive Wholly forsaken; abandoned; left.

1. (noun) an angular unit used in artillery 2. (noun) a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter 3. (noun) a unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch

noun 1. Stretch; reach; extent; the limit or boundary of a space, and the space included; applied to time, space, sound, etc.

noun Spungy land; low ground filled with water; soft wet ground. In New England, I believe this word is never applied to marsh, or the boggy land made by the overflowing of salt water, but always to low soft ground in the interio…

noun [Latin torqueo, tortus.] A light or luminary formed of some combustible substance, as of resinous wood or of candles. They light the nuptial torch

verb transitive 1. To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, the teeth, claws, or with an instrument, etc. 2. To squeeze or compress between any two hard bodies. 3.

noun [Latin calx; Gr. a tumor.] 1. The hind part of the foot, particularly of man; but it is applied also to the corresponding part of the feet of quadrupeds. 2.

in Saxon, signifies war. It is found in some names. WIG, noun [G., roll butter. It would seem that the sense is a roll or twist interwoven.] 1.

adjective [Latin vanus; Eng. wan, wane, want.] 1. Empty; worthless; having no substance, value or importance. 1 Peter 1:18. To your vain answer will you have recourse. Every man walketh in a vain show.

noun , Literally, one who lodges in the same room. Hence in a more general sense, a fellow, a mate or companion; an associate in occupation.

participle passive 1. Execrated; afflicted; vexed; tormented; blasted by a curse. 2. Devoted to destruction. Thou art cursed from the earth. Genesis 4:11. 3.

verb transitive 1. To spread over. 2. To turn over for examination; to separate and inspect. 3. To draw over. 4. To examine again. 5. To gain upon in a chase; to overtake.

verb intransitive [Gr. contracted; a nod; to nod to beckon, a leap a spring; to leap, to throb or beat, as the pulse] 1. To incline the head with a quick motion, either forward or sidewise, as persons nod in sleep. 2.

verb transitive [Latin saluto; salus or salvus.] 1. To greet; to hail; to address with expressions of kind wishes. If ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? Matthew 5:47. 2. To please; to gratify.

1. (noun) a nearby object of the same kind 2. (noun) a person who lives (or is located) near another 3. (verb) be located near or adjacent to

participle passive Terrified; suddenly alarmed with danger.

1. Am not. 2. imp. of Nim.

adverb 1. With great sound or noise; noisily. Who long and loudly in the schools declaimed. 2. Clamorously; with vehement complaints or importunity. He loudly complained of intolerance.

participle present tense of swing. Waving; vibrating; brandishing. SWING'ING, noun The act of swinging; an exercise for health or pleasure. SWING'ING, participle present tense of swinge. Beating soundly. 1.

verb transitive 1. To go and bring, or simply to bring, that is, to bear a thing towards or to a person. We will take men to fetch victuals for the people. Judges 20:10. Go to the flock, and fetch me from thence two kids of the g…

participle present tense Roving; rambling; deviating from duty. WANDERING, noun 1. Peregrination; a traveling without a settled course. 2. Aberration; mistaken way; deviation from rectitude; as a wandering from duty. 3.

noun [Latin brachium; Gr. the arm.] 1. In architecture, a piece of timber framed in with bevel joints, to keep the building from swerving either way. It extends like an arm from the post or main timber. 2.

noun The evening meal. People who dine late, eat no supper The dinner of fashionable people would be the supper of rustics.

1. A careful looking or watching for any object or event. 2. The place from which such observation is made. 3. A person engaged in watching. 4. Object or duty of forethought and care; responsibility.

verb transitive 1. To strike with a quick motion, so as to make a noise by the collision; to strike with something broad, or having a flat surface; as, to clap the hands; to clap the wings. 2.

verb transitive [Latin per and dono, to give; per having the sense of the English for in forgive, and re in Latin remitto, properly to give back or away.] 1. To forgive; to remit; as an offense or crime.

participle passive Struck with a whip; punished; enwrapped; sewed slightly.

1. Inclosure. See Inclosure.

noun 1. In war, a suspension of arms by agreement of the commanders; a temporary cessation of hostilities, either for negotiation or other purpose. 2.

verb intransitive s as z. [Latin haesito, haereo, to hang.] 1. To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be doubtful as to fact, principle or determination; to be in suspense or uncertainty; as, he hesitated whether to…

verb transitive [Latin tempero, to mix or moderate] 1. To mix so that one part qualifies the other; to bring to a moderate state; as, to temper justice with mercy. 2.

adjective 1. First in place; most advanced; as the foremost troops of an army. 2. First in dignity. In honor he held the foremost rank.

noun [Latin taberna; tab, the root of table, a board.] A house licensed to see liquors in small quantities, to be drank on the spot.

verb transitive [Latin To withhold from sight, ; G., To conceal and to heal; the primary sense is to strain, hold, stop, restrain, make fast or strong, all from the same root as the Shemitic.] 1.

participle present tense Creeping; moving slowly along the ground, or other substance; moving or walking slowly, weakly or timorously; insinuating.

adverb 1. According to justice; according to the divine will or moral rectitude; as duty rightly performed. 2. Properly; fitly; suitably; as a person rightly named. 3. According to truth or fact; not erroneously.

adverb Clearly; obviously; plainly; in a manner to be seen and understood; in a manner to convince the mind; certainly; manifestly. The evil of sin may be evidently proved by its mischievous effect.

adjective ern'est. 1. Ardent in the pursuit of an object; eager to obtain; having a longing desire; warmly engaged or incited. They are never more earnest to disturb us, than when they see us most earnest in this duty. 2.

noun In composition only, having sight, or seeing in a particular manner; as long-sighted, seeing at a great distance; short-sighted, able to see only at a small distance; quick-sighted, readily seeing, discerning or understandin…

adjective 1. Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing. Why stand ye here all the day idle? Matthew 20:3. To be idle is to be vicious. 2.

verb transitive 1. To push; to propel; to drive along by the direct application of strength without impulse; particularly, to push a body by sliding or causing it to move along the surface of another body, either by the hand or b…

participle present tense Causing to sound, as a bell; sounding; fitting with rings. RING'ING, noun The act of sounding or of causing to sound.

noun [Latin palpebra.. It is probably contracted from brg, and signifies an edge, border or projection.] 1. The prominent ridge over the eye, forming an arch above the orbit.

noun [Eng.to blush.] 1. Flame; the stream of light and heat from any body when burning, proceeding from the combustion of inflammable gas. 2. Publication; wide diffusion of report.

noun 1. The outer angle made by the bend of the arm. The wings that waft our riches out of sight Grow on the gamester's elbows. 2.

noun [Gr. end, or at a distance, probably the latter, and to see.] An optical instrument employed in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies.

adjective 1. Impressing great fear; terrible; formidable; as a dreadful storm, or dreadful night. The great and dreadful day of the Lord. Malachi 4:5. 2. Awful; venerable. How dreadful is this place. Genesis 48:1.

participle present tense s as z. 1. Taking notice by the eye or the intellect. 2. Remarking. 3. Keeping; adhering to in practice; fulfilling. 4.

adverb 1. Without hardness. 2. Not with force or violence; gently; as, be softly pressed my hand. 3. Not loudly; without noise; as, speak softly; walk softly In this dark silence softly leave the town. 4. Gently; placidly.

1. (noun) a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)

noun [a popular contraction of esquire. See Esquire.] 1. In Great Britain, the title of a gentleman next in rank to a knight. 2. In Great Britain, an attendant on a noble warrior. 3. An attendant at court. 4.

noun 1. Anchor-ground; a place where a ship can anchor, where the ground is not too rocky, nor the water too deep nor too shallow. 2.

1. (adverb) (comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter distance

adverb [In some languages it is a prefix, having the force of a negative.] FROm; away; back or backward; as in the phrase, to and fro that is, to and from, forward or toward and backward, hither and thither.

verb intransitive [Latin tumulus, tumultus, tumeo.] 1. To roll; to roll about by turning one way and the other; as, a person in pain tumbles and tosses. 2.

noun [from the root of bear.] 1. A station in which a ship rides at anchor, comprehending the space in which she ranges.

noun [in and let.] A passage or opening by which an inclosed place may be entered; place of ingress; entrance.

verb intransitive 1. To make a quick sharp noise rapidly repeated, by the collision of bodies not very sonorous. When bodies are sonorous, it is called jingling.

noun Durk. A kind of dagger or poniard. DIRK, adjective Durk. Dark. DIRK, verb transitive durk. 1. To darken. 2. To poniard; to stab.

noun A name given to free blacks living on the mountains in the West India isles. MAROON', verb transitive To put a sailor a shore on a desolate isle, under pretense of his having committed some great crime.

verb intransitive To fret on the surface; as water when agitated or running over a rough bottom, appears rough and broken, or as if ripped or torn. RIP'PLE, verb transitive 1. To clean, as flax. 2.

DAR or DART, noun A fish found in the Severn.

noun bis'kit. [Latin bis, twice, and cuit, baked.] 1. A kind of bread, formed into cakes, and baked hard for seamen. 2. A cake, variously made, for the use of private families.

noun 1. The name of fowls of the genus Psittacus, of numerous species. The bill is hooked and the upper mandible movable. The hooked bill of the parrot is used in climbing.

adverb With a level surface. [Little used.] 1. Without cunning or disguise. 2. Without ornament or artificial embellishment; as, to be plainly clad. 3. Frankly; honestly; sincerely; as, deal plainly with me. 4.

adverb Literally, over the side of a ship; hence, out of a ship or from on board; as, to fall overboard; which of course is to fall into the water.

adverb 1. Hardly; scantly. We scarcely think our miseries our foes. 2. Hardly; with difficulty. Slowly he sails, and scarcely stems the tides.

verb transitive 1. To thrust into water or other fluid substance, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse in a fluid; to drive into flesh, mire or earth, etc.; as, to plunge the body in water; to plunge the arm into…

verb intransitive [Latin pes, pedis, the foot, and this is allied to Gr., to tread.] 1. To row; to beat the water, as with oars. 2.

participle present tense Throwing upward with a jerk; raising suddenly; as the head. TOSS'ING, noun The act of throwing upward; a rising and falling suddenly; a rolling and tumbling. Dire was the tossing deep the groans. TOSS'-…

adjective [Latin horridus. See Horror.] 1. That does or may excite horror; dreadful; hideous; shocking; as a horrid spectacle or sight; horrid sympathy. 2. Rough; rugged.

noun [Latin muto, to change.] An insurrection of soldiers or seamen against the authority of their commanders; open resistance of officers or opposition to their authority.

verb transitive [Gr. to set, place, ordain.] 1. To fasten; to attach. In the solemn or grave style, this word now appears ludicrous; as, to get a commendam tacked to their sees. --And tack the center to the sphere. 2.

noun A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. In America, broad pieces of sawed timber which are not more than an inch or an inch and a quarter thick, are called boards; like pieces from an inc…

noun [Latin alapa, a slap. It seems difficult to separate flap from clap, slap, flabby, lap, etc.] 1.

participle passive Notified of sudden danger; surprised with fear; roused to vigilance or activity by apprehension of approaching danger; solicitous at the prospect or expectation of evil.

adjective Having the heart engaged in any thing; sincere; warm; zealous; as, to be hearty in support of government. 1. Proceeding from the heart; sincere; warm; as a hearty welcome. 2.

1. (adjective) having a crew

verb transitive To hook; to catch by a hook; as, to hitch a bridle. 1. To fasten by hitching; as, to hitch a horse by a bridle, or to hitch him to a post. HITCH, noun A catch; any thing that holds, as a hook; an impediment. 1.

adjective 1. Strong; lusty. A stouter champion never handled sword. 2. Bold; intrepid; valiant; brave. He lost the character of a bold, stout magnanimous man. 3. Large; bulky. [A popular use of the word.] 4.

PRECAU'TION,noun [Latin precautus, proecaveo; proe, before, and caveo, to take care.] Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent mischief or secure good in possession. PRECAU'TION, verb transitive To warn o…

noun [The primary sense of this word is probably to mix, or to turn, stir and make thick.] Fog; a watery vapor in the air, or a dry vapor like smoke, which renders the air thick. HAZE , verb intransitive To be foggy.

adverb [a contracted word, to deny] 1. No; a word that expresses negation. I tell you nay but except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Luke 13:3. 2.

participle passive 1. Marked with dots or small spots; diversified with small detached objects. 2. In botany, sprinkled with hollow dots or points.

verb intransitive [Latin inquiro; in and quoero, to seek.] 1. To ask a question; to seek for truth or information by asking questions. We will call the damsel and inquire at her mouth.

adjective [Latin monstrosus.] Unnatural in form; out of the common course of nature; as a monstrous birth or production. 1. Strange; very wonderful; generally expressive of dislike. 2.

participle present tense Shaking, as with fear, cold or weakness; quaking; shivering.

noun [See Stoccade.] 1. In fortification, a sharpened post or stake set in the earth. 2. A line of posts or stakes set in the earth as a fence or barrier. STOCKADE, verb transitive TO surround or fortify with sharpened posts fix…

noun A vessel with two masts, whose main-sail and fore- sail are suspended by gaffs, like a sloop's main-sail, and stretched below by booms.

CORACLE,noun [Gr., a crow, and form.] A small sharp process of the scapula, shaped like a crows beak.

noun The popular name of a small telescope, useful in viewing distant objects.

noun [G.] 1. A staff with a curving cross piece at the head, to be placed under the arm or shoulder, to support the lame in walking. 2.

noun [See Mutiny.] One guilty of mutiny; a person in military or naval service, who rises in opposition to the authority of the officers, who openly resists the government of the army or navy, or attempts to destroy due subordina…

verb transitive preterit tense and participle passive hanged or hung. 1. To suspend; to fasten to some fixed object above, in such a manner as to swing or move; as, to hang a thief. Pharaoh hanged the chief baker. Hence, 2.

1. The intervening time] as, in the meantime (or mean time). 2. In the intervening time; during the interval.

1. A robber upon the sea; a pirate; -- a term applied especially to the piratical adventurers who made depredations on the Spaniards in America in the 17th and 18th centuries. 2.

SEAMAN. [See under Sea.]

1. A short, heavy, curving sword, used in the navy. See Curtal ax.

1. See Color.

1. A robber upon the sea; a pirate; -- a term applied especially to the piratical adventurers who made depredations on the Spaniards in America in the 17th and 18th centuries. 2.

1. (noun) a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax 2. (noun) reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received

1. Following the business of a mariner; as, a seafaring man.

noun A short deck in the forepart of a ship above the upper deck usually terminated in ships of war with a breast-work; the foremost part forming the top of the beak-head, and the hind part reaching to the after part of the fore…

1. See Cockswain.

verb transitive preterit tense and participle passive hanged or hung. 1. To suspend; to fasten to some fixed object above, in such a manner as to swing or move; as, to hang a thief. Pharaoh hanged the chief baker. Hence, 2.

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noun A fence or fortification consisting of a row of stakes or posts sharpened and set firmly in the ground.

noun 1. A small aperture in the bulk-head and other parts of a merchant ship, through which small arms are fired at an enemy. 2. A hole or aperture that gives a passage. 3. A passage for escape; means of escape.

noun [See Beg.] One that lives by asking alms, or makes it his business to beg for charity. 1. One who supplicates with humility; a petitioner; but in this sense rarely used, as the word has become a term of contempt. 2.

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1. One who serves on board of the same ship with another; a fellow sailor.

1. One who serves on board of the same ship with another; a fellow sailor.

preterit tense and participle passive of behold, which see.

noun 1. In mineralogy, a species of blue slate; shist; shale. 2. In seamen's language, a little wheel; a sheeve. SHIV'ER, verb transitive [supra. Qu. Heb. to break in pieces. Class Br.

adverb In the middle; at half the distance. H'ALF-WAY, adjective Equally distant from the extremes; as a half-way house.

adverb Before; sooner than. ERE sails were spread new oceans to explore. The nobleman saith to him, Sir, come down ere my child die.

noun In seamen's language, bosn. An officer on board of ships, who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables and cordage. His office is also, to summon the crew to their duty.

noun The reflux of the tide; the return of tidewater towards the sea; opposed to flood or flowing. 1.

noun A wood or collection of trees or shrubs closely set; as a ram caught in a thicket Genesis 22:13.

noun A small boat belonging to a ship.

noun Wood for fuel.

noun 1. In fortification, a bastion, or a rampart; a mound of earth round a place, capable of resisting cannon shot, and formed with bastions, curtains, etc. 2.

participle passive Frightened; affrighted.

adverb Actively; vigorously; with life and spirit.

adjective [sea and ward.] Directed towards the sea. SE'AWARD, adverb Towards the sea.

adverb [from hearty.] From the heart; with all the heart; with sincerity; really. I heartily forgive them. 1. With zeal; actively; vigorously. He heartily assisted the prince. 2. Eagerly; freely; largely; as, to eat heartily

adverb [a and loft. See Loft and Luff.] 1. On high; in the air; high above the ground; as, the eagle soars aloft 2. In seamen's language, in the top; at the mast head; or on the higher yards or rigging.

noun [Latin , sort, state, kind.] 1. A companion; a partner; an intimate associate; particularly, a partner of the bed; a wife or husband. He single chose to live, and shunnd to wed, well pleased to want a consort of his bed. 2.

verb intransitive bus'l. [ This word may be allied to busy, or to Latin festino.] To stir quick; to be very active; to be very quick in motion, often or usually with the sense of noise or agitation. And leave the world for me to…

1. At least; at all events.

verb intransitive [This word contains the same elements as the Latin quatio.] To quake; to tremble or shake with fear, horror or aversion; to shiver. I love-alas! I shudder at the name.

noun [See Halser.] A small cable; or a large rope, in size between a cable and a tow-line.

noun The principal sail in a ship. The main-sail of a ship or brig is extended by a yard attached to the main-mast, and that of a sloop, by the boom.

participle passive Pulled off; stripped of feathers or hair.

noun A vessel carrying three masts with a running bowsprit and lug-sails.

noun Reach of the ear; the distance at which words may be heard.

noun A heavy, clumsy fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown. And lingering lubbers lose many a penny.

noun plural galleys. [Latin galea. The Latin word signifies a helmet, the top of a mast, and a galley; and the name of this vessel seems to have been derived from the head-piece, or kind of basket-work, at mast-head.] 1.

1. The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter. 2. A discharge of or from all the guns on one side of a ship, at the same time. 3. A volley of abuse or denunciation. 4.

participle passive Heard by accident.

preterit tense Of dare.

The preterit of awake.

participle present tense Bending the body forward; yielding; submitting; condescending; inclining.

noun 1. The act of forsaking or abandoning, as a party, a friend, a country, an army or military band, or a ship; the act of quitting, with an intention not to return. 2.

noun 1. A shelter; a cover; that which covers, conceals or protects. Swaddled, as new born, in sable shrouds. Sandys. 2. The dress of the dead; a winding sheet. 3.

verb intransitive [Latin taurus, a bull.] 1. To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge. Tarry all night and wash your feet. Genesis 19:2. 2. To stay behind. Exodus 12:39. 3.

1. (adjective) (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals

adjective [See Abominate.] 1. Very hateful; detestable; lothesome. 2. This word is applicable to whatever is odious to the mind or offensive to the senses. 3. Unclean. Levit. vli.

noun [Lat. buxus, the tree, and pyxis, a box; Gr. a box and the tree.] A coffer or chest, either of wood or metal.

adjective 1. Producing frost; having power to congeal water; as a frosty night; frosty weather. 2. Containing frost; as, the grass is frosty 3. Chill in affection; without warmth of affection or courage. 4.

noun singular. [Gallows is in the singular number and should be preceded by a, a gallows The plural is gallowses.] 1. An instrument of punishment whereon criminals are executed by hanging.

noun A mop for cleaning floors; on board of ships, a large mop or bunch or old rope yarn, used to clean the deck and cabin. SWAB, verb transitive [supra.] To clean with mop; to wipe when wet or after washing; as, to swab the dec…

noun A mop for cleaning floors; on board of ships, a large mop or bunch or old rope yarn, used to clean the deck and cabin. SWAB, verb transitive [supra.] To clean with mop; to wipe when wet or after washing; as, to swab the dec…

1. (noun) manner of acting or controlling yourself 2. (noun) in psychology, the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation 3. (noun) the way a person behaves toward other people

participle passive Suddenly moved or shocked by an impression of fear or surprise.

preterit tense and participle passive of cling, which see. CLUNG, verb intransitive To shrink. See Cling.

adverb Quickly; with haste; in a short time. Send speedily to Bertram.

preterit tense and participle passive of creep.

verb intransitive [Heb. to roar, murmur, thunder.] 1. To murmur with discontent; to utter a low voice by way of complaint. L'Avare, not using half his store, Still grumbles that he has no more. 2.

adverb With cheerfulness; with spirit.

noun A boy whose duty is to wait on the officers and passengers on board of a ship.

noun One who has the care of game; one who is authorized to preserve beasts of the chase, or animals kept for sport.

verb intransitive [Gr. a grunting.] To murmur or snarl, as a dog; to utter an angry, grumbling sound. GROWL, verb transitive To express by growling. GROWL, noun The murmur of a cross dog.

noun A thing of very little value or importance; a word applicable to any thing and every thing of this character. With such poor trifles playing. Moments make the year, and trifles, life. Trifles Are to the jealous confirmations…

verb intransitive 1. To walk lamely, bearing chiefly on one leg; to limp; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches. The friar was hobbling the same way too. 2.

1. (noun) a farewell remark

adverb [a or at, and stern. See stern.] 1. In or at the hinder part of a ship; or towards the hinder part, or backwards; as, to go astern 2. Behind a ship, at any indefinite distance.

noun [hand and kerchief. See Kerchief.] 1. A piece of cloth, usually silk or linen, carried about the person for the purpose of cleaning the face or hands, as occasion requires. 2.