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[R.] Fustian tragedies . . . have, by concerted applauses, been cogged upon the town for masterpieces. J. Dennis To cog a die, to load so as to direct its fall; to cheat in playing dice. Swift.

nged; a token by which a thing may be known. Wearing the liveries and cognizance of their master. Prescott. This pale and angry rose, As cognizance of my blood-drinking hate. Shak.

An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.

sdain. Milton. After the fall of the republic, the Romans combated only for the choice of masters. Gibbon.

the President of Congress . . . urging the appointment of a commissary general, a quartermaster general, a commissary of musters, and a commissary of artillery. W. Irving Commissary general, an officer in charge of some special department of army service; as: (a) The officer in charge of the commissariat and transport…

To make a formal accusation; to make a charge. Now, Master Shallow, you'll complain of me to the king Shak.

linist or leader of the strings in an orchestra; the sub-leader of the orchestra; concert master.

densed; the state of being condensed. He [Goldsmith] was a great and perhaps an unequaled master of the arts of selection and condensation. Macaulay.

A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting.

The assemblage of Masters and Doctors at Oxford or Cambrige University, mainly for the granting of degrees. [Eng.]

To overpower; to overcome; to subdue or master. [Obs.] His two chamberlains Will I with wine and wassail so convince That memory, the warder of the brain, Shall be a fume. Shak.

An order of Entomastraca, including many minute Crustacea, both freshwater and marine.

al on private's pay. Farrow. -- Ship's corporal (Naut.), a petty officer who assists the master at arms in his various duties.

The lowest sail on any mast of a square-rigged vessel; as, the fore course, main course, etc.

An usher to a riding master.

the good opinion, confidence, or favor of others; interest. Having credit enough with his master to provide for his own interest. Clarendon.

cts like an old woman. [R.] The old crone [a negro man] lived in a hovel, . . . which his master had given him. W. Irving. A few old battered crones of office. Beaconsfield.

The lowest square sail, or the lower yard of the mizzenmast.

Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are attached the upper shrouds. At the head of lower masts in large vessels, they support a semicircular platform called the "top."

A box or perch near the top of a mast, esp. in whalers, to shelter the man on the lookout.