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Artless of stars and of the moving sand. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Artless and massy pillars. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]
They were plain, artless men, without the least appearance of enthusiasm or credulity about them. Porteus. [ 1913 Webster ]
O, how unlike the complex works of man,
Heaven's easy, artless, unencumbered plan! Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an artless manner; without art, skill, or guile; unaffectedly. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being artless, or void of art or guile; simplicity; sincerity. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) A Bartlett pear, a favorite kind of pear, which originated in England about 1770, and was called
a.
v. t. & i. To pierce or shoot through; to dart repeatedly: -- frequentative of dart. [ 1913 Webster ]
My star that dartles the red and the blue. R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.)
a.
You have left me heartless; mine is in your bosom. J. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]
Heartless they fought, and quitted soon their ground. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Heartless and melancholy. W. Irwing. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. A little heart. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Martinmas. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. martinet. See Martin the bird, and cf. Martinet a disciplinarian. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Dim. of part. ]
v. i. To waste away. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
Why shrinks the soul
Back on herself, and startles at destruction? Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The supposition, at least, that angels do sometimes assume bodies need not startle us. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger. [ 1913 Webster ]
After having recovered from my first startle, I was very well pleased with the accident. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A small tart. V. Knox. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having no wart. [ 1913 Webster ]