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A foot. [Obs.] Chapman.

served in the Union army or navy during the civil war in the United States. The order has chapters, called Posts, throughout the country. -- Grand cross. (a) The highest rank of knighthood in the Order of the Bath. (b) A knight grand cross. -- Grand cordon, the cordon or broad ribbon, identified with the highest grad…

Of great weight; heavy; ponderous. [Obs.] His shield grave and great. Chapman.

shrub (Prunus Chamæcerasus), with small, very acid fruit. -- Ground cuckoo. (Zoöl.) See Chaparral cock. -- Ground cypress. (Bot.) See Lavender cotton. -- Ground dove (Zoöl.), one of several small American pigeons of the genus Columbigallina, esp. C. passerina of the Southern United States, Mexico, etc. They live ch…

Without a guard or defense; unguarded. Chapman.

t of, a guest. [Obs.] And tell me, best of princes, who he was That guested here so late. Chapman.

Full of whirlpools or gulfs. Chapman.

A grooved iron rail or tram plate. [Eng.] Gully gut, a glutton. [Obs.] Chapman. -- Gully hole, the opening through which gutters discharge surface water.

To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.] Chapman.

The central chapel of the three forming the sanctuary of a Coptic church. It contains the high altar, and is usually closed by an embroidered curtain.

A handkerchief. [Obs. or Colloq.] Chapman (1654). Shak.

cross with lines in a peculiar manneHatching. Shall win this sword, silvered and hatched. Chapman. Those hatching strokes of the pencil. Dryden.

A note at the head of a page or chapter; in law reports, an abstract of a case, showing the principles involved and the opinion of the court.

An engraved ornament at the head of a chapter, or of a page.

with care, grief, pain, disappointment. The heavy [sorrowing] nobles all in council were. Chapman. A light wife doth make a heavy husband. Shak.

A member of a chapter or convent, whose week it is to officiate in the choir, and perform other services, which, on extraordinary occasions, are performed by the superiors.

t by the shade it casts. R. Browning. All would in his power hold, all make his subjects. Chapman.

no help; unaiding. [Obs.] Yet since the gods have been Helpless foreseers of my plagues. Chapman.

Having the nature of, pertaining to, or covered with, herbs or herbage. "Herby valleys." Chapman.

Same as Hearse, v. t. Chapman.