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and grinding with the teeth; to ruminate; to meditate. old politicians chew wisdom past. Pope.

, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other. Pope.

Cheering; enlivening. He takes his chirping pint, he cracks his jokes. Pope.

s offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils. Choose me for a humble friend. Pope.

To move around; to revolve around. Other planets circle other suns. Pope.

A round body; an orb. Pope. Fairest of stars . . . that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet. Milton.

A circuiter. Pope.

Flowing round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid. "The deep, circumfluent waves." Pope.

Capable of being poured or spread round. "Circumfusile gold." Pope.

everi way; cautious; careful of consequences; watchful of danger. "Circumspective eyes." Pope.

tion; as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes, etc. Clashes between popes and kings. Denham.

Without miscarriage; not bunglingly; dexterously. [Obs.] "Pope came off clean with Homer." Henley.

tly heard; audible; canorous. Hark! the numbers soft and clear Gently steal upon the ear. Pope.

to Clement, esp. to St.Clement of Rome and the spurious homilies attributed to him, or to Pope Clement V. and his compilations of canon law.

A pun. Pope.

One who, or that which, clinches; that which holds fast. Pope.

ch separate parts are fastened or closed. Without a seal, wafer, or any closure whatever. Pope.

rts; to variegate with colors; as, to cloud yarn. And the nice conduct of a clouded cane. Pope.

Cloud-gatherer; -- an epithet applied to Zeus. [Poetic.] Pope.

as Clew. You have wound a goodly clue. Shak. This clue once found unravels all the rest. Pope. Serve as clues to guide us into further knowledge. Locke.