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To fold and sew down the edge of with a coarse zigzag stitch.

Given as a pledge or as security. He hated Barnevelt, for his getting the cautionary towns out of his hands. Bp. Burnet.

See Key, a ledge.

A small island or ledge of rock in the water; a key. [Sp. Am.]

o verify. Hammond. The industry of science at once certifies and greatly extends our knowledge of the vastness of the creation. I. Taylor.

One who by defeating all rivals, has obtained an acknowledged supremacy in any branch of athetics or game of skill, and is ready to contend with any rival; as, the champion of England.

Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks. Channel bar, Channel iron (Arch.), an iron bar or beam having a section resembling a flat gutter or channel. -- Channel bill (Zoöl.), a very large Australian cucko (Scythro…

The hedge sparrow.

esented in art. In European painting the cherubim have been shown as blue, to denote knowledge, as distinguished from the seraphim (see Seraph), and in later art the children's heads with wings are generally called cherubs.

Hardened on the surface or edge by chilling; as, chilled iron; a chilled wheel.

The edge of a cask, etc; a chine. See Chine, n., 3. [Written also hime.]

The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.

The breaking off in small pieces of the edges of potter's ware, porcelain, etc.

A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a mallet or hammer. Cold chisel. See under Cold, a.

To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask.

A sedgelike plant (Cyperus esculentus) producing edible tubers, native about the Mediterranean, now cultivated in many regions; the earth almond.

h access is had to a pump valve. -- Clack valve (Mach.), a valve; esp. one hinged at one edge, which, when raised from its seat, falls with a clacking sound.

riking the hands together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance. To clap hands. (a) To pledge faith by joining hands. [Obs.] Shak.

A narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other; -- used for weatherboarding the outside of houses. [U. S.]

A work of acknowledged excellence and authrity, or its author; -- originally used of Greek and Latin works or authors, but now applied to authors and works of a like character in any language. In is once raised him to the rank of a legitimate English classic. Macaulay.