*egle*

n. An antecedent or premonitory gleam; a dawning light. [ 1913 Webster ]

The foregleams of wisdom. Whittier. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not having a leg. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Bot.) The species name of the common mallow, an annual Old World plant with clusters of pink or white flowers; naturalized in U.S.. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Neglected; p. pr. & vb. n. Neglecting. ] [ L. neglectus, p. p. of neglegere (negligere) to disregard, neglect, the literal sense prob. being, not to pick up; nec not, nor (fr. ne not + -que, a particle akin to Goth. -h, -uh, and prob. to E. who; cf. Goth. nih nor) + L. legere to pick up, gather. See No, adv., Legend, Who. ] 1. Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to allow to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight; as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts. [ 1913 Webster ]

I hope
My absence doth neglect no great designs. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

This, my long suffering and my day of grace,
Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To slight; overlook; disregard; disesteem; contemn. See Slight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. neglectus. See Neglect, v. ] 1. Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do, use, or heed anything; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of health, of economy. [ 1913 Webster ]

To tell thee sadly, shepherd, without blame,
Or our neglect, we lost her as we came. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Omission of attention or civilities; slight; as, neglect of strangers. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Habitual carelessness; negligence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Age breeds neglect in all. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The state of being disregarded, slighted, or neglected. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rescue my poor remains from vile neglect. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Negligence; inattention; disregard; disesteem; remissness; indifference. See Negligence. [ 1913 Webster ]

benign neglect A deliberate policy of minimizing public discussion of a controversial issue [ e.g. by the president ] on the theory that excessive discussion in itself is harmful or counterproductive. [ PJC ]

n. The state of being neglected. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who neglects. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of neglect; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive; indifferent. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

A cold and neglectful countenance. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though the Romans had no great genius for trade, yet they were not entirely neglectful of it. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Neg*lect"ful*ly, adv. -- Neg*lect"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Carelessly; heedlessly. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. neglectio. ] The state of being negligent; negligence. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Neglectful. [ R. ] “Neglective of their own children.” Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Reglement. ] To rule; to govern. [ Obs. ] “To regle their lives.” Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. réglement, fr. régler, L. regulare. See Regulate. ] Regulation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The reformation and reglement of usury. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. réglementaire, fr. réglement. ] Regulative. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. réglet, dim. of règle a rule, L. regula. See Rule. ] 1. (Arch.) A flat, narrow molding, used chiefly to separate the parts or members of compartments or panels from one another, or doubled, turned, and interlaced so as to form knots, frets, or other ornaments. See Illust. (12) of Column. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Print.) A strip of wood or metal of the height of a quadrat, used for regulating the space between pages in a chase, and also for spacing out title-pages and other open matter. It is graded to different sizes, and designated by the name of the type that it matches; as, nonpareil reglet, pica reglet, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]