I channel vertically under the sheet to hide my blushing neck, muttering demulcent nothings.

Why do you ſhew me this?—A fourth? Start eyes! / What will the Line ſtretch out to th' cracke of Doome?

He lookedat me fora few seconds, with eyes like those of an inquisitive owl or curious herring, then suddenly burst into a peal of rumblesome laughings.

According to Kangxi, this word has two kinds of pronunciation.