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A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liguids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ. Bomb chest, See under Bomb. -- Chest of drawers, a case or movable frame containing drawers.

A geographical antiquary; one who investigates the locality of ancient places.

A person who investigates dates of events and transactions; one skilled in chronology. That learned noise and dust of the chronologist is wholly to be avoided. Locke. THe most exact chronologers tell us that Christ was born in October, and not in December. John Knox.

A tight grip. [Colloq.]

cessive or long-continued use of quinine, and marked by deafness, roaring in the ears, vertigo, etc.

Well-shaped; handsome. "The girl was a tight, clever wench as any was." Arbuthnot.

The science which treats of climates and investigates their phenomena and causes. Brande & C.

To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly. "Clinch the pointed spear." Dryden.

icine, Clinical surgery, that part of medicine or surgery which is occupied with the investigation of disease in the living subject.

Shut fast; closed; tight; as, a close box. From a close bower this dainty music flowed. Dryden.

, for the use of the sick and infirm. It is usually in the form of a box, with a seat and tight cover.

A number of similar things collected together or lying contiguous; a group; as, a cluster of islands. "Cluster of provinces." Motley.

To close tightly; to clinch. Not that I have the power to clutch my hand. Shak.

United at the base, as contiguous lobes of a leaf.

ladderlike sacs in the brain of sheep, causing the fatal disease known as water brain, vertigo, staggers or gid.

A water-tight inclosure, as of piles packed with clay, from which the water is pumped to expose the bottom (of a river, etc.) and permit the laying of foundations, building of piers, etc.

Fitted to be a subject of judicial investigation; capable of being judicially heard and determined. Cognizable both in the ecclesiastical and secular courts. Ayliffe.

Liable to judicial investigation. Jer. Taylor.

Same as Blank bar, under Blank. -- Common barrator (Law), one who makes a business of instigating litigation. -- Common Bench, a name sometimes given to the English Court of Common Pleas. -- Common brawler (Law), one addicted to public brawling and quarreling. See Brawler. -- Common carrier (Law), one who undertake…

One of the sections into which the hold of a ship is divided by water-tight bulkheads.