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A small loop or bow of ribbon used in making hats, boas, etc.

The wild poppy, or red corn rose.

eat with a show of tenderness or regard, with a view to deceive and disappoint. You are coquetting a maid of honor. Swift.

r love, for the mere gratification of vanity; trifling in love. "Little affectations of coquetry." Addison.

A vain, trifling woman, who endeavors to attract admiration from a desire to grafity vanity; a flirt; -- formerly sometimes applied also to men.

Practicing or exhibiting coquetry; alluring; enticing. A pretty, coquettish housemaid. W. Irving.

In a coquettish manner.

A she-cuckold; a cucquean; a henhussy. [Obs.] What, shall a husband be afraid of his wife's face We are a king, cotquean, and we will reign in our pleasures. B. Jonson.

The condition, character, or conduct of a cotquean. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

on or essay; a careful and through analysis of any subject; a criticism; as, Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason." I should as soon expect to see a critique on the poesy of a ring as on the inscription of a medal. Addison.

The act of croqueting.

A ball of minced meat, fowl, rice, or other ingredients, highly seasoned, and fried.

To cross-examine; to subject to close questioning.

A woman whose husband is unfaithful to her. [Obs.]

Dantelike; Dantean. Earle.

ure or omission of duty; a fault; a misdeed; an offense; a misdemeanor; a crime. The delinquencies of the little commonwealth would be represented in the most glaring colors. Motley.

duty; an offender or transgressor; one who commits a fault or a crime; a culprit. A delinquent ought to be cited in the place or jurisdiction where the delinquency was committed. Ayliffe.

So as to fail in duty.

air, as certain salts, acids, and alkalies. In very moist air crystals of strontites deliquesce. Black.

The act of deliquescing or liquefying; process by which anything deliquesces; tendency to melt.