selfbountyt (selfbounti)

Inherent kind ne and benevolence. I would not have your free and noble nature, Out of self - bounty , be abused. Shak., Othello, iii. 3. 200. If it can intrinsically stir itself,. it must have a principle of self - activity , which is life and sense. Boyle . Self -activity may undoubtedly be explained as identical with self-conscious intelligence. J. Watson, Schelling's Transcendental Idealism, p. 200. self-adjusting (self-a-jus'ting), a. Designed or contrived to adjust itself; requiring no external adjustment in the performance of a specific operation or series of operations: as, a self - adjusting screw. This is an adjustable and self - adjusting machine. Sci. Amer., N. S., LXII. 92. self-affected (self-a-fek'ted), a . Well-affected toward one's self; self-loving. His sail is swell'd too full; he is grown too insolent, Too self - affected , proud. Fletcher , Loyal Subject, 1. 2. self-appointed (self-a-pointed), a. Appointed or nominated by one's self. Leigh Hunt himself was, as Mr. Colvin has observed, a kind of self - appointed poet laureate of Hampstead. Athenæum, No. 3277, p. 215. self-approving (self-a-prö'ving), a. Implying approval of one's own conduct or character; Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 355. also, justifying such approval. Nectar's self grows loathsome to them. Nor know I aught By me that's said or done ami this night; Unle self - charity be sometimes a vice. Shak., Othello, ii. 3. 202. self-closing (self-klō'zing), a. Closing of itself; closing or shutting automatically: as, a self - closing bridge or door.- Self-closing faucet. See faucet . self-collected (self-ko-lek'ted), a. Self-po e ed; self-contained; confident; calm. Still in his stern and self - collected mien A conqueror's more than captive's air is seen. Byron , Corsair, ii. 8. self-colored (self-kul'ord), a . 1. In textile fab rics: (a) Of the natural color. (b) Dyed in the wool or in the thread; retaining the color which it had before weaving: as, a self - colored fabric. -2. Colored with a single tint, usually in the glaze, as Oriental porcelain.-3. In hort . , having the natural seedling color unmodified by artificial selection; uniform in color: noting flowers.