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itself, and drew no consequences after it, we should undoubt¬ 
edly never err in our choice of good. Locke.— No longer 
ago than. 
Within these five hours Hastings liv’d, 
Untainted, unexamin’d, free at liberty. Shakspeare. 
Within these three hours, Tullus, 
Alone I fought in your Corioli walls, 
And made what work I pleas’d. Shakspeare. 
Into the reach of. 
When on the brink the foaming boar I met, 
The desperate savage rush’d within my force, 
And bore me headlong with him down the rock. Otway. 
In the reach of. 
Secure of outward force, within himself 
The danger lies, yet lies within his power; 
Against his will, he can receive no harm. Milton. 
Into the heart or confidence of.—When by such insinua¬ 
tions they have once got within him, and are able to drive 
him on from one lewdness to another, no wonder if they re¬ 
joice to see him guilty of all villainy. South. —Not exceeding. 
—Be informed how much your husband’s revenue amounts 
to, and be so good a computer as to keep within it. Swift. — 
In the inclosure of. 
No interwoven reeds a garland made. 
To hide his brows within the vulgar shade; 
But poplar wreaths around his temples spread. Addison. 
WITHI'N, adv. In the inner parts; inwardly; internally. 
Death thou hast seen 
In his first shape on man ; but many shapes 
Of death, and many are the ways that lead 
To his grim cave: all dismal, yet to sense 
More terrible at the entrance, than within. Milton. 
In the mind.—Language seems too low a thing to express 
your excellence, and our souls are speaking so much within, 
that they despise all foreign conversation. Dry den. 
WITHING, a hamlet of England, in the parish of Ayles- 
beare, Devonshire. 
WITHINGTON, a parish of England, in Gloucestershire; 
6 - miles west-north-west of North Leach. Population 650. 
*—2. A parish in Herefordshire; 4 miles east-north-east of 
Hereford. Population 561.—3. A township in Lancashire ; 
4 miles south of Manchester. Population 911.—4. A parish 
in Salop ; 6 miles east of Shrewsbury. 
WITHINGTON, Lower, a township of England, in 
Cheshire; 7 miles north-north-west of Congleton. 
WITHINGTON, Upper or Old, another township in 
the above county, half a mile distant from the foregoing. 
WITHI'NSIDE, adv. In the interior parts.—The forceps 
for extracting the stone is represented a little open, that the 
teeth may be better seen withinside. Sharp. 
WITHNELL, a township of England, in Lancashire; 5 
miles north-east of Chorley. Population 1049. 
WITHOEC, a town of Western Africa, in the county of 
Cape Lopez Gonsalvo; 30 miles north of Olibato. 
WITHOUT, prep. [piSucan, Sax.] Not with.—Many 
there are, whose destinies have prevented their desires, and 
made their good motives the wards of their executors, not 
without miserable success. Bp. Hall. —In a state of absence 
from. 
Hast so much wit, and mirth, and spleen about thee. 
There is no living with thee, nor without thee. Tatler. 
In the state of not having.—If the ideas be not innate, there 
was a time, when the mind was without those principles; and 
then they will not be innate, but be derived from some other 
original. Locke. —Beyond; not within the compass of.— 
Eternity, before the world and after, is without our reach; 
but that little spot of ground that lies betwixt those two great 
oceans, this we are to cultivate. Burnet. —Supposing the 
negation, or omission of.— Without the separation of the two 
monarchies, the most advantageous terms from the French, 
qiust end in our destruction. Addison. —Not by; not by the 
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use of; not by the help of.—Excess of diet in costly meats 
and drinks, fetched from beyond the seas, should be avoided: 
wise men will do it without a law; I would there might be 
a law to restrain fools.— Bacon. —On the outside of. 
Without the gate 
Some drive the cars, and some the coursers rein. Dryden. 
Not within.—When the weather hinders me from taking 
my diversions without doors, I frequently make a little party 
with select friends. Addison. —With exemption from.—The 
great lords of Ireland informed the king, that the Irishry 
might not be naturalized without damage to themselves or 
the crown. Davies. 
WITHOUT, adv. Not on the inside.—These were from 
without the growing miseries. Milton. —Out of doors. 
Their doors are barr’d against a bitter flout; 
Snarl, if you please, but you shall snarl without. Dryden . 
Externally; not in the mind. 
WITHOUT, conjunct. Unless; if not; except.— Not 
in use, except in conversation. —I find my love shall be 
proved no love, without I leave to love, being too unfit a 
vessel in whom so high thoughts should be engraved. Sid¬ 
ney. 
WITHO’UTEN, prep. [pi'SuCan, Saxon.] Without. 
Obsolete. 
Her face so fair, as flesh it seemed not. 
But heavenly pourtrait of bright angel’s hue, 
Clear as the sky, withouten blame or blot. 
Through goodly mixture of complexion’s dew. Spenser . 
To WITHSTAND, v. a. To gainstand; to oppose; to 
resist. 
They soon set sail; nor now the fates withstand; 
Their forces trusted with a foreign hand. Dryden. 
WITHSTA'NDER, s. An opponent; resisting power. 
—-War may be defined the exercise of violence under sove¬ 
reign command against withstanders ; force, authority, and 
resistance being the essential parts thereof. Ralegh. 
WI'THWIND, s. [convolvulus, Latin.] An herb. 
WI'THY, s. [pi<5ij, Saxon. See Withe.] A willow- 
tree. In some parts of the north, a withy is a round hoop 
of osier. Grose. In Scotland, widdy, a halter made of 
withies. G. Chalmers. And so old Eng. See Smiddy. 
—The withy is a reasonable large tree, for some have been 
found ten feet about. Evelyn. 
WI'THY, adj. Made of withes. 
I learnt to fold my net. 
And withy labyrinths in straits to set. P. Fletcher. 
WITHYBRIDGE, a hamlet of England, in Gloucester¬ 
shire ; 5 miles from Cheltenham. 
WITHYBROOKE, a parish of England, in Warwick¬ 
shire ; 8 miles north-east of Coventry. 
WITHYCOMBE, a parish of England, in Somersetshire; 
21 miles south-east of Dunster. 
WITHYHAM, a parish of England, in Sussex; 6| miles 
east-south-east of East Grinstead. 
WITHYPOOLE, a hamlet of England, in Salop, near 
Tenbury.—2. A hamlet in Somersetshire; 7 miles north¬ 
west of Dulverton. 
WITKOW, a small town of Austrian Poland, in the cir¬ 
cle of Zloczow. 
WITKOWO, a small town of Prussian Poland; 35 miles 
east of Posen. Population 1700. 
WI'TLESS, adj. Wanting understanding; inconside¬ 
rate ; wanting thought. 
I have ever lov’d the life remov’d; 
And held in idle price to haunt assemblies. 
Where youth, and cost, and witless bravery keeps. 
Shakspeare. 
WI'TLESSLY, adv. Inconsiderately; without under¬ 
standing. 
I have transgress’d all goodness, witlessly 
Rais’d mine own curses from posterity; 
I’ll follow, to redress in what I may. Beaum. and FI. 
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