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er of; to describe. Under the name of Tamerlane he intended to characterize King William. Johnson.

A large dish. [Obs.] Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger. Matt. xiv. 8.

or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights, franchises, or privileges. The king [John, a.d. 1215], with a facility somewhat suspicious, signed and sealed the charter which was required of him. This famous deed, commonly called the "Great Charter," either granted or secured very important liberties and privileg…

Little sticks; twigs for burning; fuel. Johnson.

ts or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a cheater. Airy wonders, which cheats interpret. Johnson

Highest in office or rank; principal; head. "Chief rulers." John. xii. 42.

A trick; sham; imposition. Johnson.

The Christian world; Christendom. [Obs.] Johnson

THe most exact chronologers tell us that Christ was born in October, and not in December. John Knox.

An insect that turns about nimbly; the mole cricket; -- called also fan cricket. Johnson.

Pertaining to food; edible. Johnson.

Circular; as, a circulatory letter. Johnson.

ons or restraints; bound; confinement; limit. The circumscriptions of terrestrial nature. Johnson. I would not my unhoused, free condition Put into circumscription and confine. Shak.

To surround with a rampart or wall. Johnson.

n; an inhabitant of a city; a pert townsman; -- used contemptuously. "Insulted as a cit". Johnson Which past endurance sting the tender cit. Emerson.

Summons to appear, as before a judge. [R.] Johnson

sand, where you may not take many clampes, or lobsters, or both, at your pleasure. Capt. John Smith (1616). Clams, or clamps, is a shellfish not much unlike a coclke; it lieth under the sand. Wood (1634).

To glorify. [Obs.] Fadir, clarifie thi name. Wyclif (John ii. 28).

we walk in the light . . . the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us from all sin. 1 John i. 7. Can'st thou not minister to a mind diseased, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the suffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart Shak.

's self from debt; -- often used with of, off, away, or out. Clear your mind of cant. Dr. Johnson. A statue lies hid in a block of marble; and the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter. Addison.