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Having the power of contracting into wrinkles. Johnson.

atic chorus; hence, the chief or leader of a party or interest. That noted corypheus [Dr. John Owen] of the Independent faction. South.

] do not . . . overcome the counteraction of a false principle or of stubborn partiality. Johnson.

A vessel carried on a pole between two persons, for conveyance of water. Johnson.

The neck piece or scrag of mutton. Johnson.

(Pronounced kra`po") As a proper name, Johnny Crapaud, or Crapaud, a nickname for a Frenchman.

Reputation derived from the confidence of others; esteem; honor; good name; estimation. John Gilpin was a citizen Of credit and renown. Cowper.

haracterized by a great variety of chances. A man's fancy would be summed up in cribbage. John Hall. Cribbage board, a board with holes and pegs, used by cribbage players to score their game.

Coarse flour or meal. [Obs.] Johnson.

The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it. [Obs.] Johnson.

Lameness. [R.] Johnson.

Secret or enigmatical language. Johnson.

s no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received. Johnson.

A dagger; a poniard. [Obs.] Johnson.

One of the Plymouth Brethren, or of a sect among them; -- so called from John N. Darby, one of the leaders of the Brethren.

ickedness; impurity. Men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. John. iii. 19. Pursue these sons of darkness: drive them out From all heaven's bounds. Milton.

mmatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis. John Wilson.

ployment; to trifle; to saunter. Come some evening and dawdle over a dish of tea with me. Johnson. We . . . dawdle up and down Pall Mall. Thackeray.

ore, May turn, and take me by the hand, and more -May strengthen my decays. Herbert. His [Johnson's] failure was not to be ascribed to intellectual decay. Macaulay. Which has caused the decay of the consonants to follow somewhat different laws. James Byrne.

To take the tenth part of; to tithe. Johnson.