DICTIONARY. 276 Forage, to search for provisions. Fossil, what is dug out of the earth. Fretted, adorned with raised work. Fruition, enjoyment. Genial, what helps to produce. Germ, a sprout or shoot of a plant. Gorgeous, showy or splendid. Granary, a storehouse for corn. Greenland, a country in the northern parts of the globe, on whose coasts whales are killed. Grotto, a cave, either natural or artificial. Group, assemblage of persons or things. Gully, a large deep gutter formed by a torrent of water. Guinea, a country in Africa. Gyration, a round about or whirling motion. Halcyon, peaceful. Hallelujah, a song of thanksgiving. Halo, a red circle round the sun Iberia, a name given to Spain. Illapse, a casual coming or attack. Illusion, false show or deception. Impregnate, to fill. Infatuation, loss of reason. ~fied. DICTIONARY. Lapse, gradual flow or fall. Lava, the matter that runs out of a volcano. Legate, a person deputed to speak or act for another. Lichen, a particular kind of vegetable or plant. Lobe, a distinct part commonly applied to the lungs, or to any thing resembling them. Locke, the name of a great English philosopher and author. Lystra, a town of Lycaonia, in Asia. Maccabees, those Jews who fought and struggled for the Law against their Heathen oppressors. Madding, grovelling, Mahomet, a religious impostor in Arabia. Malleable, capable of being spread by beating. Mantle, to cover, to spread or expand luxuriantly. Marathon, a plain near Athens, where a small army of the Greeks defeated a prodigious army of Persians. Marine, belonging to the sea. Marmarides, a people in Africa who had the power of preventing the noxious effects of the poison of serpents. Mart, a place of public traffic. Mass, the service of the Church of Rome. Mature, ripe, far advanced. Mauritius, an island in the In dian Ocean. Mausoleum, a tomb, a place for the dead. Maze, a place of windings. Mediate, in the middle, be tween. Mediterranean, a sea between 277 ral sorts of fibres interwoven, for wrapping up something. Mercenary, selfish, seeking for reward. Meridian, at the highest point. Mien, look or aspect. Monastery, a house of religious retirement, called also a con vent. Moralist, one that teaches the moral duties. Morose, peevish, fretful. Mummy, an embalmed corpse. Nautical, belonging to ships. Nectary, that part of a flower which contains the sweet juice. Newfoundland, an island of North America. Nightshade, a poisonous plant. Noxious, hurtful or injurious. Nurture, education or instruction. Oblique, not perpendicular.! Omniscient, that knows all things. Oozy, miry or muddy. Optics, the science that treats of light and vision. Organize, to make parts to agree and work with each other. Orient, eastern, shining. Page, a boy that waits on some great person. Pageant, a piece of pomp or show. Palestine, the Holy Land. Palisade, pales or narrow pieces of wood set in the ground for an inclosure or defence. Plume, a feather. Pall, a covering thrown over the Precinct, boundary. dead. Palliative, what partly eases or cures. Panegyric, praise. Panoply, complete armour. Panorama, a large scene in nature or in painting. Parallel, stretched out in the same direction, and always keeping the same distance. Patmos, an island in the Ægean Sea. Patrician, noble. Pavilion, a tent. Peak, the top of a hill which rises to a sharp point. Peerless, without an equal. Pellucid, clear or transparent. Pendulum, part of a clock or watch. A1 Penny-pig, a small vessel of earthen ware in which children preserve their pence and halfpence. Perpendicular, what is straight up and down as to the horizon, or as to any plain surface. Persia, a country in Asia. Phenomenon, an appearance. Philomela, name given to the nightingale. Phœbus, name anciently given to the sun. Phrygia, a country in Asia. Picturesque, what would help to onform a good picture. Pilgrim, one who travels to a .. distance for some pious pur. pose. 1 Pilot, the person that steers a ship. Pinion, a wing. Plate, basin in which money is collected at the church door for the poor. Precarious, uncertain. •Preposterous, putting that first Prowl, to wander about for prey. Psylli, a people in Africa, not far from Egypt, who had the secret of preventing the noxious effects of the poison of serpents. Pyramid, a solid figure whose several sides meet in one point. Pyramidal, shaped like a pyramid. DICTIONARY. Russet, grey or reddishly brown. Sable, dark or black. Sacramental, bound by an oath. Sacrilege, the crime of putting to some other use that which is devoted to religion, Salutary, what gives health either of mind or body. Sapient, wise, Scarf, what hangs loose on the shoulders or dress, an appearance resembling this. Sceptic, one who doubts of every thing. Scoriæ, dross or scum of metals. Sculptor, a carver. Sculpture, to carve or engrave. Scrutiny, search or inquiry. Scythia, a country in the north of Europe and Asia. Semicircle, half a circle. Sequestered, remote from society. Seraph, one of the orders of angels. Siam, a country in India. Siren, one that entices to evil. Solace, comfort. Solar, belonging to the sun. Solicitude, anxiety or uncom mon care. Soliloquy, something spoken to one's self. Sparta, otherwise called Lacedæmon, the capital of Laconica, a district of Ancient Greece. Spell, a charm, or secret and irresistible power of subduing serpents, &c. 279 in which any thing is known. done, or contained. Spicula, a small spike, like the ear of corn. Spiral, winding. Stake, the upright beam of wood at which persecutors were wont to burn their victims. Sterile, barren. Stipulate, to bargain for. Streamer, a flag or something that flows loosely like a flag. Stucco, a kind of fine plaster for walls, cornices, &c. Sublime, to raise high. Subsidiary, that which assists. Subterraneous, under ground. Succulent, juicy. Sully, to soil or stain. Sward, the surface of the ground. Te Deum, a particular hymn in Temperature, the particular de- the form of what is woven. Tide, ebb and flow of the sea, a stream, time or season. Tint, colour. Tiny, little. Torpid, motionless. Sphere, the place or extent with- Transient, soon past. Transmute, to change one thing Vails, perquisites or emolu into another. Tresses, curl of hair, or of what resembles hair. Trophy, something shown or kept in proof of victory. Trowel, a mason or bricklayer's instrument for taking up and spreading his lime. Truss, to pack close together or bundle up. Turbid, muddy. Undulating, moving like a wave. scaled or climbed. Unweeting, ignorant. Vacillate, to go from side to side. الحظ ments. Valetudinarian, a sickly or infirm person. Verdure, green colour. Vibrate, to quiver. Vigils, watchings in the night. Vitrify, to change into glass. Zenith, the point exactly over head, or the very highest point. Zone, a division of the earth. 1 |