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arkly. There is all this, and more, that lies naturally couched under this allegory. L'Estrange.

A plot or artifice opposed to another. L'Estrange.

he profit at last will hardly countervail the inconveniences that go allong with it. L'Estrange.

comprehending at a glance the weakness or strength of a military position, of a certain arrangement of troops, the most advantageous position for a battlefield, etc.

th friends as it is with dogs in couples; they should be of the same size and humor. L'Estrange. I'll go in couples with her. Shak.

An attendant on travelers, whose business it is to make arrangements for their convenience at hotels and on the way.

A series of motions or acts arranged in order; a succession of acts or practices connectedly followed; as, a course of medicine; a course of lectures on chemistry.

Arranged in courses; as, coursed masonry.

A place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court. Christian court, the English ecclesiastical courts in the aggregate, or any one of them. -- Court breeding, education acquired at court. -- Court card. Same as Coat card. -- Court circular, one or more paragraphs of news r…

h him, that it should be hot or cold, wet or dry, . . . as the tenant should direct. L'Estrange. And they covenanted with him for thyrty pieces of silver. Matt. xxvi. 15.

ts; a restraint; a shakle; a hindrance. A narrow fortune is a cramp to a great mind. L'Estrange. Crippling his pleasures with the cramp of fear. Cowper.

ent or urgent desire; longing for; beseeching. A succession of cravings and satiety. L'Estrange. -- Crav"ing*ly, adv. -- Crav"ing*ness, n.

To derange the intellect of; to render insane. Any man . . . that is crazed and out of his wits. Tilloston. Grief hath crazed my wits. Shak.

The state of being broken in mind; imbecility or weakness of intellect; derangement.

Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged. Over moist and crazy brains. Hudibras.

in England, and sometimes in America, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting parties or sides.

A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross.

art; across. [Archaic or Colloq.] A fox was taking a walk one night cross a village. L'Estrange. To go cross lots, to go across the fields; totake a short cut. [Colloq.]

The arrangement of a body of troops, either forward or rearward, so as to form a line nearly perpendicular to the general line of battle.

The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.