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Mellowest Mellow Mel"low, a. [Compar. Mellower; superl. Mellowest.]
[OE. melwe; cf. AS. mearu soft, D. murw, Prov. G. mollig
soft, D. malsch, and E. meal flour.]
1. Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender
pulp; as, a mellow apple.
2. Hence:
(a) Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a
mellow soil. ``Mellow glebe.' --Drayton
(b) Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued; soft; rich;
delicate; -- said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc.
``The mellow horn.' --Wordsworth. ``The mellow-tasted
Burgundy.' --Thomson.
The tender flush whose mellow stain imbues
Heaven with all freaks of light. --Percival.
3. Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial.
May health return to mellow age. --Wordsworth.
As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed
a hound. --W. Irving.
4. Warmed by liquor; slightly intoxicated. --Addison.
Narrowest Narrow Nar"row, a. [Compar. Narrower; superl. Narrowest.]
[OE. narwe, naru, AS. nearu; akin to OS. naru, naro.]
1. Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little
distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow
street; a narrow hem.
Hath passed in safety through the narrow seas.
--Shak.
2. Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
The Jews were but a small nation, and confined to a
narrow compass in the world. --Bp. Wilkins.
3. Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient
space, time, or number, etc.; close; near; -- with special
reference to some peril or misfortune; as, a narrow shot;
a narrow escape; a narrow majority. --Dryden.
4. Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow
circumstances.
5. Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a
narrow mind; narrow views. ``A narrow understanding.'
--Macaulay.
6. Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
A very narrow and stinted charity. --Smalridge.
7. Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
But first with narrow search I must walk round This
garden, and no corner leave unspied. --Milton.
8. (Phon.) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some
part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or
(according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx;
-- distinguished from wide; as [=e] ([=e]ve) and [=oo]
(f[=oo]d), etc., from [i^] ([i^]ll) and [oo^] (f[oo^]t),
etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 13.
Note: Narrow is not unfrequently prefixed to words,
especially to participles and adjectives, forming
compounds of obvious signification; as,
narrow-bordered, narrow-brimmed, narrow-breasted,
narrow-edged, narrow-faced, narrow-headed,
narrow-leaved, narrow-pointed, narrow-souled,
narrow-sphered, etc.
Narrow gauge. (Railroad) See Note under Gauge, n., 6.
Prowest Prow Prow, a. [Compar. Prower; superl. Prowest.] [OF.
prou, preu, F. preux, fr. L. pro, prod, in prodesse to be
useful. See Pro-, and cf. Prude.]
Valiant; brave; gallant; courageous. [Archaic] --Tennyson.
The prowest knight that ever field did fight.
--Spenser.
Sallowest Sallow Sal"low, a. [Compar. Sallower; superl. Sallowest.]
[AS. salu; akin to D. zaluw, OHG. salo, Icel. s["o]lr
yellow.]
Having a yellowish color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged
with yellow; as, a sallow skin. --Shak.
Shallowest Shallow Shal"low, a. [Compar. Shallower; superl.
Shallowest.] [OE. schalowe, probably originally, sloping or
shelving; cf. Icel. skj[=a]lgr wry, squinting, AS. sceolh, D.
& G. scheel, OHG. schelah. Cf. Shelve to slope, Shoal
shallow.]
1. Not deep; having little depth; shoal. ``Shallow brooks,
and rivers wide.' --Milton.
2. Not deep in tone. [R.]
The sound perfecter and not so shallow and jarring.
--Bacon.
3. Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating
deeply; simple; not wise or knowing; ignorant;
superficial; as, a shallow mind; shallow learning.
The king was neither so shallow, nor so ill
advertised, as not to perceive the intention of the
French king. --Bacon.
Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself.
--Milton.
