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A selection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used in acquiring a language; as, a Hebrew chrestomathy.

The Anointed; an appellation given to Jesus, the Savior. It is synonymous with the Hebrew Messiah.

ity. England was very rude and barbarous; for it is but even the other day since England grew civil. Spenser.

An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together.

Furnished with claws. N. Grew.

an accountant; as, the clerk of a court; a town clerk. The clerk of the crown . . . withdrew the bill. Strype.

Supplied with clients. [R.] The least cliented pettifiggers. R. Carew.

A lump or mass, especially of earth, turf, or clay. "Clods of a slimy substance." Carew. "Clods of iron and brass." Milton. "Clods of blood." E. Fairfax. The earth that casteth up from the plow a great clod, is not so good as that which casteth up a smaller clod. Bacon.

assists in preparing a student for examination; a trainer; esp. one who trains a boat's crew for a race. [Colloq.] Wareham was studying for India with a Wancester coach. G. Eliot.

oor cottager contenteth himself with cob for his walls, and thatch for his covering. R. Carew.

A spoon. Andrews.

A chief man; a leader or master. [Humorous] Sir Andrew is the cock of the club, since he left us. Addison.

The steersman of a boat; a petty officer who has charge of a boat and its crew.

The process of cohobating. Grew.

A quoit. [Obs.] Carew.

A coming together; sexual intercourse; copulation. Grew.

te the points of agreement or disagreement. I must collage it, word, with the original Hebrew. Coleridge.

g. The first twenty-five [years] must have been wasted for collectional purposes. H. A. Merewether.

The mistress or sweetheart of Harlequin in pantomimes. Brewer.

A tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.