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A goldsmith's crucible or melting pot.

e crutch, and fight with the other. Shak. Rhyme is a crutch that lifts the weak alone. H. Smith.

To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap. I swear I'll cuff you, if you strike again. Shak. They with their quills did all the hurt they could, And cuffed the tender chickens from their food. Dryden.

in recondite branches of learning or sciense often bring to light curious results. C. J. Smith. Curious arts, magic. [Obs.] Many . . . which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them. Acts xix. 19.

by this means he gets credit for something considerable, and then never pays for it. Goldsmith.

page, another works away at the body of the book, and the therd is a dab at an index. Goldsmith.

, represented with the face and hands and upper part of a man, and the tail of a fish. W. Smith. This day a solemn feast the people hold To Dagon, their sea idol. Milton. They brought it into the house of Dagon. 1 Sam. v. 2.

r postal arrangements; -- spelt also dawk, and dauk. [India] Dak boat, a mail boat. Percy Smith. -- Dak bungalow, a traveler's rest-house at the and of a dak stage. -- To travel by dak, to travel by relays of palanquines or other carriage, as fast as the post along a road.

To invoke damnation; to curse. "While I inwardly damn." Goldsmith.

applied to a farm laborer, or to a workman who does not work at any particular trade. Goldsmith.

So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor.

fathers were ordered to decamp, and the house was once again converted into a tavern. Goldsmith.

Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. Goldsmith.

en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy. Goldsmith.

To become clear, pure, or free. Goldsmith.

To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to grant or bestow by will; to bequeath. "Power to demise my lands." Swift. What honor Canst thou demise to any child of mine Shak.

To become dispeopled. [R.] Whether the country be depopulating or not. Goldsmith.

r; to divert and distribute into subordinate channels; to diffuse; to communicate; to transmit; -- followed by to, into, on, upon. [Obs.] For fear it [water] choke up the pits . . . they [the workman] derive it by other drains. Holland. Her due loves derived to that vile witch's share. Spenser. Derived to us by traditi…

The quality of being descendible; capability of being transmitted from ancestors; as, the descendibility of an estate.

ected, lose their relish for happiness [and] saunter about with looks of despondence. Goldsmith.