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e of countenance; a change of habits or principles. Apprehensions of a change of dynasty. Hallam. All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. Job xiv. 14.

To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels in; to groove. No more shall trenching war channel her fields. Shak.

To celebrate in song. The poets chant in the theaters. Bramhall.

To engrave; to inscribe. [R.] These trees shall be my books. And in their barks my thoughts I 'll character. Shak.

A distinction of character; a characteristic. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

To call to account; to challenge. [Obs.] To charge me to an answer. Shak.

A fruitful field. Libanus shall be turned into charmel, and charmel shall be esteemed as a forest. Isa. xxix. 17 (Douay version).

act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment and correction; discipline; punishment. Shall I so much dishonor my fair stars, On equal terms to give him chastesement! Shak. I have borne chastisement; I will not offend any more. Job xxxiv. 31.

Gravel or pebbles. Halliwell.

of, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat. Deut. xxiv. 6.

bscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry. Irritated by perpetual chicanery. Hallam.

To chew loudly and greedily; to champ. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] Halliwell.

A seller of fish. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. Chowder beer, a liquor made by boiling black spruce in water and mixing molasses with the decoction.

Joseph Hall (1574 -- 1656), Bishop of Norwich, a divine eminent as a moralist.

A description or record of past time; history. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

To move circularly; to form a circle; to circulate. Thy name shall circle round the gaping through. Byron.

A circular piece of wood put under a dish at table. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

rcular letter. A proclamation of Henry III., . . . doubtless circular throughout England. Hallam.

otherwise circumstantiated, it might will that freely which now it wills reluctantly. Bramhall.

Being or dwelling around the earth. "Circumterraneous demouns." H. Hallywell.