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To summon judicially to meet or appear. By the papal canon law, clerks . . . can not be convened before any but an ecclesiastical judge. Ayliffe.

Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal.

or the customary watching with a corpse on the night before its interment. (b) A luminous appearance, resembling the flame of a candle, sometimes seen in churchyards and other damp places, superstitiously regarded as portending death. -- Corpse gate, the gate of a burial place through which the dead are carried, often…

Having ribs, or the appearance of ribs; (Bot.) having one or more longitudinal ribs.

Of or pertaining to cotton; resembling cotton in appearance or character; soft, like cotton.

Appearance or expression of the face; look; aspect; mien. So spake the Son, and into terror changed His countenance. Milton.

Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist. "An arrant counterfeit rascal." Shak.

One who assumes a false appearance or semblance; one who makes false pretenses. Counterfeiters of devotion. Sherwood.

Adorned with flowers (usually fleurs-de-lis) so divided that the tops appear on one side and the bottoms on the others; -- said of any ordinary.

Having the appearance and manners of a rustic; rude. As being one who took no pride, And was a deal too countrified. Lloyd.

To give a rural appearance to; to cause to appear rustic. Lamb.

two persons inside, with an outside seat for the driver; -- so called because giving the appearance of a larger carriage cut off.

ay on which a court sits to administer justice. -- Court dress, the dress prescribed for appearance at the court of a sovereign. -- Court fool, a buffoon or jester, formerly kept by princes and nobles for their amusement. -- Court guide, a directory of the names and adresses of the nobility and gentry in a town. --…

A common flower in England (Primula veris) having yellow blossoms and appearing in early spring. It is often cultivated in the United States.

n produced in certain porcelain, fine earthenware, or glass, in which the glaze or enamel appears to be cracked in all directions, making a sort of reticulated surface; as, Chinese crackle; Bohemian crackle.

To be crazed, or to act or appear as She would weep and he would craze. Keats.

To form or become covered with cream; to become thick like cream; to assume the appearance of cream; hence, to grow stiff or formal; to mantle. There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pool. Shak.

Full of, or containing, cream; resembling cream, in nature, appearance, or taste; creamlike; unctuous. "Creamy bowis." Collins. "Lines of creamy spray." Tennyson. "Your creamy words but cozen." Beau & Fl.

Having a crimped appearance; frizzly; as, the crimpy wool of the Saxony sheep.

Having the appearance of a tuft of hair; having a hairlike tail or train. "Comate, crinite, caudate stars."