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g in the cavity of the corner tooth of a horse after the large spot or mark has become obliterated.

As a proper name, a fox; -- so called in fables and familiar literature.

A masterpiece; a capital work in art, literature, etc.

A chirographer; a writer or engrosser.

Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of plants, to which they owe their green color, and through which all ordinary assimilation of plant food takes place. Similar chlorophyll granules have been found in the tissues of the lower animals. [Wr…

A writer of a chronicle; a recorder of events in the order of time; an historian. Such an honest chronicler as Griffith. Shak.

A writer of chronograms.

A sedgelike plant (Cyperus esculentus) producing edible tubers, native about the Mediterranean, now cultivated in many regions; the earth almond.

Chief or commander; in Spanish literature, a title of Ruy Diaz, Count of Bivar, a champion of Christianity and of the old Spanish royalty, in the 11th century.

See Scimiter.

A student or imitator of the art or literature of the Cinquecento.

The sixteenth century, when applied to Italian art or literature; as, the sculpture of the Cinquecento; Cinquecento style.

A circuiter. Pope.

One of the moons or satellites of the planet Jupiter. [Obs.] Derham.

In a literal, limited, or narrow manner. [R.] Milton.

c Ocean; -- used of the eastern or the western side, according to the standpoint of the writer. Story.

One skilled in the civil law. Ancient civilians and writers upon government. Swift.

One learned in the literature of Greece and Rome, or a student of classical literature.

Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art. Give, as thy last memorial to the age, One classic drama, and reform the stage. Byron. Mr. Greaves may justly be reckoned a classical author on this subject [Roman weights and coins]. Arbuthnot.

The literati, or well educated class.