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or habits. 3. Previous notice. "To be on foot at an hour's warning." Shakesp.: Coriolanus, iv. 3. 4. Specifically, notice to quit given by an em ployer to a servant, or by a servant to an employer. "We'll both give warning immediately." - Coleman, Man of Busine , iv. 5. A summons, a calling, a bidding. "At his [the cock's] warning The erring spirit hies to his confine." Shakesp.: Hamlet, i. 1. 6. That which warns or admonishes; that which serves to warn. "A warning to those that come after."-Bunyan: Pil grim's Progre , pt. ii. warning-piece, s . *1. Ord . Lang .: A gun fired to give warning. "Upon the shooting of the first warning - piece ."-Heylin. 2. Horol.: An oscillating piece in the striking parts of a clock which is actuated by a pin on the hour-wheel, so as to release the fly, which causes a rustling noise before the striking. warning-stone, s. [See extract.] warnen.] *1. To forbid, to deny, to refuse. "He is to grete a nigard that wol werne A man to light a candel at his lanterne." Chaucer: C. Т. , 5,916. "The bakers in our county take a certain pebble, which warning - stone , for when that is white the oven is hott."-Aubrey: MS . Hist. of Wilts . warning-wheel, s. Horol.: That wheel in a clock which produces an audible sound at a certain time before striking. IMG:content-0670.png:[blocks in formation] "Though thou the waters warp , Thy sting is not so sharp As friend remember'd not." of a sandy desert by the mud-bearing Nile, which, over- topping its sources, has for ages deposited deep layers of alluvium, and created one of the most fertile countries in the world by the same proce as that which, artifi- cially produced, is called in Lincoln shire warping ."- Illust. London News , July 30, 1859, p. 113. warping-bank, s . A bank or mound of earth raised round a field for retaining the water let in for the purpose of enriching the land with the warp or sediment. IMG:content-0671.png:[blocks in formation] A. As adj .: Able to resist a warlike attack. B. As subst.: Valor tried by or proved in war; tried or proved valor. "On, on, you noblest English, Whose blood is fet from fathers of war pro of." Shakesp.: Henry V., iii. i. war-ra-gal, s. [See def.] One of the native Australian names for the Dingo (q. v.). war-ran, v . i. . [WARRANT.] ( Scotch .) war-ran-diçe, s . [WARRANT.] Scots Law : The obligation by which a party con. veying a subject or right is bound to indemnify the grantee, disponee, or receiver of the right in case of eviction or of real claims or burdens being made effectual against the subject, arising out of obliga- tions or transactions antecedent to the date of the conveyance. Warrandice is either personal or real. Personal warrandice is that by which the grantee and his heirs are bound personally. Real warran- dice is that by which certain lands, called warran- dice lands, are made over eventually in security of the lands conveyed. 4. Malignant. "Here's another, whose warped looks proclaim What store her heart is made on." Shakesp.: Lear , iii. 6. 1. One who or that which warps or distorts. 2. One who or that which prepares the warp of "And haue hym thilke letter rad, Whiche he them sent for warrant ." IMG:content-0672.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0673.png:[blocks in formation] 1. To give an a urance, guarantee, or surety to; to guarantee or a ure against harm, lo , or to secure. "By the vow of mine order I warrant you." Shakesp.: Measure for Measure, iv. 2. 2. To give authority or power to do or forbear any thing, by which the person authorized is secured or held harmle from any lo or damage arising from the act. 3. To support by authority or proof; to justify, to sanction, to allow, to support. 6. To justify in an act or action; to sanction. "If the sky IMG:content-0674.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0675.png:[blocks in formation]