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Consignificant; jointly significate. [R.]

To play the thief; to steal. [Cant] But as I am Crack, I will convey, crossbite, and cheat upon Simplicius. Marston.

See Courage [Obs.] To Canterbury with full devout corage. Chaucer.

or property to buy of them at their own price; as, a corner in a railway stock. [Broker's Cant] Corner stone, the stone which lies at the corner of two walls, and unites them; the principal stone; especially, the stone which forms the corner of the foundation of an edifice; hence, that which is fundamental importance o…

The setting of note against note in harmony; the adding of one or more parts to a given canto fermo or melody.

m so that they shall fall as near as possible to a certain crack in the floor. [Gamblers' Cant, U. S.]

like that of the myrtle, and the flower has wavy crisped petals. -- Oriental crape. See Canton crape.

tion of future playment for property transferred, or of fulfillment or promises given; mercantile reputation entitling one to be trusted; -- applied to individuals, corporations, communities, or nations; as, to buy goods on credit. Credit is nothing but the expectation of money, within some limited time. Locke.…

A miner's luncheon. [Cant] Raymond.

A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc. [Cant, U.S.] By hook or by crook, in some way or other; by fair means or foul.

A present or bonus; -- originally applied to that paid on ships which entered the port of Canton. S. Wells Williams.

Disposition to willful wrongdoing; malignity; perversity; cantankerousness; obstinacy. [Slang or Colloq., U. S.]

failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise. [College Cant]

The whiteweed (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum), the plant commonly called daisy in North America; -- called also oxeye daisy. See Whiteweed.

A little or insignificant dandy; a contemptible fop.

Manacles; handcuffs. [Cant] Jem Clink will fetch you the darbies. Sir W. Scott.

p, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis. John Wilson.

alian snake of the family Elapidæ, of several species, as the Hoplocephalus superbus and Acanthopis antarctica. -- Death bell, a bell that announces a death. The death bell thrice was heard to ring. Mickle. -- Death candle, a light like that of a candle, viewed by the superstitious as presaging death. -- Death damp,…

of the side of the choir on which the dean's stall is placed; decanal; -- correlative to cantoris; as, the decanal, or decani, side.

ars," young men who partake of the founder's benefaction, and succeed in their order to vacant fellowships. Johnson.