An Epistle

marge n.

Border; margin; edge; verge. [F. marge. See Margin.]

blare v. i.

To sound loudly and somewhat harshly. [OE. blaren, bloren, to cry, woop; cf. G. plärren to bleat, D. blaren to bleat, cry, weep. Prob. an imitative word, but cf. also E. blast. Cf. Blore.]

flown a.

Flushed, inflated.

snaky a.

Of or pertaining to a snake or snakes; resembling a snake; serpentine; winding.

upflung a.

Flung or thrown up.

inviolate a.

Not violated; uninjured; unhurt; unbroken. [L. inviolatus. See In- not, and Violate.]

dell n.

A small, retired valley; a ravine. [AS. del, akin to E. dale; cf. D. delle, del, low ground. See Dale.]

faultless a.

Without fault; not defective or imperfect; free from blemish; free from incorrectness, vice, or offense; perfect; as, a faultless poem.

twinkling n.

The act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick movement of the eye; a wink; a twinkle. Holland.

unanimity n.

The quality or state of being unanimous. [L. unanimitas: cf. F. unanimité.]

undulation n.

The act of undulating; a waving motion or vibration; as, the undulations of a fluid, of water, or of air; the undulations of sound. [Cf. F. ondulation.]

wondrous adv.

In a wonderful or surprising manner or degree; wonderfully. [OE. wonders, adv. (later also adj.). See Wonder, n., and cf. -wards.]

consentaneous a.

Consistent; agreeable; suitable; accordant to; harmonious; concurrent. [L. consentaneus.]

sheen v. i.

To shine; to glisten.

immemorial a.

Extending beyond the reach of memory, record, or tradition; indefinitely ancient; as, existing from time immemorial. [Pref. im- not + memorial: cf. F. immémorial.]

eternally adv.

In an eternal manner.

breaker n.

One who, or that which, breaks.

glorious a.

Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory; noble; praiseworthy; excellent; splendid; illustrious; inspiring admiration; as, glorious deeds. [OF. glorios, glorious, F. glorieux, fr. L. gloriosus. See Glory, n.]

cosmic a.

Pertaining to the universe, and having special reference to universal law or order, or to the one grand harmonious system of things; hence; harmonious; orderly. [Gr. kosmiko`s of the world, fr. ko`smos: cf. F. cosmique. See Cosmos.]

flotsam n.

Goods lost by shipwreck, and floating on the sea; -- in distinction from jetsam or jetson. Blackstone. [F. flotter to float. See FFlotilla, and cf. Jetsam.]

amid prep.

In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among. [OE. amidde, amiddes, on midden, AS. on middan, in the middle, fr. midde the middle. The s is an adverbial ending, originally marking the genitive; the t is a la]

whither adv.

To what place; -- used interrogatively; as, whither goest thou [OE. whider. AS. hwider; akin to E. where, who; cf. Goth. hvadre whither. See Who, and cf. Hither, Thither.]

wherefore adv.

For which reason; so; -- used relatively. [Where + for.]

wight n.

A whit; a bit; a jot. [OE. wight, wiht, a wight, a whit, AS. wiht, wuht, a creature, a thing; skin to D. wicht a child, OS. & OHG. wiht a creature, thing, G. wicht a creature, Icel. v]

desultory a.

Leaping or skipping about. [L. desultorius, fr. desultor a leaper, fr. desilire, desultum, to leap down; de + salire to leap. See Saltation.]

aspersion n.

A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense. [L. aspersio, fr. aspergere: cf. F. aspersion.]

bewildering a.

Causing bewilderment or great perplexity; as, bewildering difficulties.

dally v. i.

To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle. [OE. , dailien; cf. Icel. pylja to talk, G. dallen, dalen, dahlen, to trifle, talk nonsense, OSw. tule a droll or funny man; or AS. dol foolish, E. dull.]

imperious a.

Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic. [L. imperiosus: cf. F. impérieux. See Imperial.]

Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.