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Europe, and whose descendants at the present day occupy Ireland, Wales, the Highlands of Scotland, and the northern shores of France. [Written also Kelt. The letter C was pronounced hard in Celtic languages.]

Placed in the center or middle; central. At York or some other centrical place. Sir W. Scott. -- Cen"tric*al*ly, adv. -- Cen"tric*al*ness, n.

the courts of princes; outward form. The gorgeous ceremonial of the Burgundian court. Prescott.

A rate or tax. [Obs. or Prof. Eng. & Scot.] Spenser.

able. Two slips of parchment which she sewed round it to prevent its being chafed. Sir W. Scott.

A small chain. Sir W. Scott.

mpion; to support or maintain; to protect. Championed or unchampioned, thou diest. Sir W. Scott.

A public house; an alehouse. [Scot.] They call an alehouse a change. Burt.

To strike; to beat. [Scot.]

Corrected; disciplined; refined; purified; toned down. Sir. W. Scott. Of such a finished chastened purity. Tennyson.

To beguile. Sir W. Scott. To cheat winter of its dreariness. W. Irving.

A valuable breed of mountain sheep in Scotland, which takes its name from the Cheviot hills.

Children, taken collectively. [R.] The well-governed childhood of this realm. Sir. W. Scott.

To shiver or chatter with cold. [Scot.] Burns.

To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask.

To be checked, as if by choking; to stick. The words choked in his throat. Sir W. Scott.

ion; to decide. They had only to choose between implicit obedience and open rebellion. Prescott.

See Jowl. Sir W. Scott.

A small pebble; -- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone. [Scot.]

To declare elapsed, as the time allowed for introducing evidence. Sir W. Scott.