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arments, also for the dress of some clergymen. A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn. Pope. Crape myrtle (Bot.), a very ornamental shrub (Lagerströmia Indica) from the East Indies, often planted in the Southern United States. Its foliage is like that of the myrtle, and the flower has wavy crisped petals. -- Orient…

honor. I published, because I was told I might please such as it was a credit to please. Pope.

A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals. The steer lion at one crib shall meet. Pope.

Any great wickedness or sin; iniguity. Nocrime was thine, if 'tis no crime to love. Pope.

An iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached to the edges and corners of a sail; -- usually in the plural. The cringles are used for making fast the bowline bridles, earings, etc.

An act of criticism; a critique. [Obs.] And make each day a critic on the last. Pope.

r demerits of a thing or person; esp., to find fault. Cavil you may, but never criticise. Pope.

To criticise or pass judgment upon. [Obs.] Pope.

e, dismal sound. Loud thunder to its bottom shook the bog, And the hoarse nation croaked. Pope.

ly pressed together; also, a number of things adjacent to each other. A crowd of islands. Pope.

hen round her slender waist he curled. Dryden. Curling smokes from village tops are seen. Pope. Gayly curl the waves before each dashing prow. Byron. He smiled a king of sickly smile, and curled up on the floor. Bret Harte. . 358

ous realms and barbarous kings impose Thy plagues, and curse 'em with such sons as those. Pope. To curse by bell, book, and candle. See under Bell.

hak. Before the whistling winds the vessels fly, With rapid swiftness cut the liquid way. Pope.

gh water, mud, or slush; to draggle. Nor, like a puppy [have I] daggled through the town. Pope.

not so arrant a critic as to damn them [the works of modern poets] . . . without hearing. Pope. Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer. Pope.

mit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams. Or what ill eyes malignant glances dart Pope.

o put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to depress. South. Dash the proud gamesPope.

An officer in the pope's court, having charge of the Dataria.

Assigned end; conclusion. [R.] What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date. Pope.

pear or to expand. "In dawning youth." Dryden. When life awakes, and dawns at every line. Pope. Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid. Heber,