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An old rural game. With any boy at dust-point they shall play. Peacham (1620).

ve in a place; to reside. The parish in which I was born, dwell, and have possessions. Peacham. The poor man dwells in a humble cottage near the hall where the lord of the domain resides. C. J. Smith. To dwell in, to abide in (a place); hence, to depend on. "My hopes in heaven to dwell." Shak. -- To dwell on or upon,…

A small chamber or place of protection for a sentinel, usually in the form of a projecting turret, or the like. See Castle.

To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen. To edge her champion's sword. Dryden.

the epidermis of (a skin) with a concave knife, blunt in its middle part, -- as in making chamois leather.

at once; speedily. [Archaic] And, if he fall from his capel [horse] eftsone. Chaucer. The champion stout eftsoons dismounted. Spenser.

The tissue which partially fills the interior of the interseptal chambers of most madreporarian corals. It usually consists of a series of oblique tranverse septa, one above another. -- En`do*the"cal, a.

To glut. [Obs.] "Englutted with vanity." Ascham.

must entreat of you some of that money. Shak. Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door. Poe. Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife. Gen. xxv. 21.

The kind of poem which was called epithalamium . . . sung when the bride was led into her chamber. B. Jonson.

To deprive of shoes. [Obs.] Chambers.

The act of depriving or divesting of shoes. [Obs.] Chambers.

in preparing remedies as a vehicle or medium of administration for the medicinal agents. Chambers.

f Cillary Muscle; g Cillary Process; h Iris; i Suspensory Ligament; k Prosterior Aqueous Chamber between h and i; l Anterior Aqueous Chamber; m Crystalline Lens; n Vitreous Humor; o Retina; p Yellow spot; q Center of blind spot; r Artery of Retina in center of the Optic Nerve.

] Chaucer. Fan blower, a wheel with vanes fixed on a rotating shaft inclosed in a case or chamber, to create a blast of air (fan blast) for forge purposes, or a current for draft and ventilation; a fanner. -- Fan cricket (Zoöl.), a mole cricket. -- Fan light (Arch.), a window over a door; -- so called from the semici…

Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the Chamærops humilis of Southern Europe; the species of Sabal and Thrinax in the West Indies, Florida, etc.; and especially the great talipot tree (Corypha umbraculifera) of Ceylon and Malaya. The leaves of the latter are often eighteen feet long and fourteen wide,…

Conciseness of style. [Obs.] Ascham.

In a favored or a favorable manner; favorably. [Obs.] Deut. xvii. 1. Arscham.

A woman. See Feme, n. Femme de chambre. Etym: [F.] A lady's maid; a chambermaid.

A festival. Fête champêtre ( Etym: [F.], a festival or entertainment in the open air; a rural festival.