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r his defense againts injury and violence, as for his repose. Coke. Our castle's strength Will laugh a siege to scorn. Shak.

Cratch, Cratch cradle. -- To let the cat out of the bag, to tell a secret, carelessly or willfully. [Colloq.] -- Bush cat, the serval. See Serval.

isting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar, and (as to the staminate flowers) in the chestnut, oak, hickory, etc. -- so called from its resemblance to a cat's tail. See Illust. of Ament.

e; to make; -- usually followed by an infinitive, sometimes by that with a finite verb. I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days. Gen. vii. 4. Cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans. Col. iv. 16.

f the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground. But that broad causeway will direct your way. Dryden. The other way Satan went down The causey to Hell-gate. Milton.

ning or searing, as of morbid flesh, with a hot iron, or by application of a caustic that will burn, corrode, or destroy animal tissue.

is heard in opposition; as, a caveat entered in a probate court to stop the proving of a will or the taking out of letters of administration, etc. Bouvier.

Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English printer. Hansard.

That which is engraved. [Obs.] Hakewill.

eavenly Dynasty, as being the kingdom ruled over by the dynasty appoined by heaven. S. W. Williams.

nd of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of clay and lime, for making mortar which will harden under water.

gate of a hundred single things; specifically, a century. "Every centenary of years." Hakewill.

and in man the larger, division of the brain; the seat of the reasoning faculties and the will. See Brain.

To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated. Spenser. He will chafe at the doctor's marrying my daughter. Shak.

To take the chances of; to venture upon; -- usually with it as object. Come what will, I will chance it. W. D. Howells.

e the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change the countenance. Therefore will I change their glory into shame. Hosea. iv. 7.

is a quick commodity, and ought not, as a drug to be obtruded on those chapmen who are unwilling to buy it. T. Fuller.

e character of; to describe. Under the name of Tamerlane he intended to characterize King William. Johnson.

That which is charactered; the meaning. [Obs.] I will construe to thee All the charactery of my sad brows. Shak.

Full of love and good will; benevolent; kind. Be thy intents wicked or charitable, . . . . . . I will speak to thee. Shak.