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other articles of luxury were displayed on special ocasions. [Obs.] A way with the joint stools, remove the court-cupboard, look to the plate. Shak.

Could; was able; knew or known; understood. [Obs.] Above all other one Daniel He loveth, for he couth well Divine, that none other couth; To him were all thing couth, As he had it of God's grace. Gower.

To stoop by bending the knees; to crouch; to squat; hence, to quail; to sink through fear. Our dame sits cowering o'er a kitchen fire. Dryden. Like falcons, cowering on the nest. Goldsmith.

ss; to shrink from approach or familiarity. [Obs.] Thus to coy it, With one who knows you too! Rowe.

A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.

n from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder. The mind my be as much cramped by too much knowledge as by ignorance. Layard.

Liable to careen or be overest, as a ship when she is too narrow, or has not sufficient ballast, or is loaded too high, to carry full sail.

A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.

A tool, or a sewing-mashine attachment, for making lines or creases on leather or cloth, as guides to sew by.

A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; a servile dependent; an instrument; a tool. A creature of the queen's, Lady Anne Bullen. Shak. Both Charles himself and his creature, Laud. Macualay.

Believing; giving credence; credulous. [R.] If with too credent esr you list songs. Shak.

Believed too readily. [Obs.] Beau & Fl.

A low stool. [Scot.]

A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.

A rounded tooth or notch of a crenate leaf, or any part that is crenate; -- called also crenelle.

inctive ornament of a helmet, indicating the rank of the weare; hence, also, the helmet. Stooping low his lofty crest. Sir W. Scott. And on his head there stood upright A crest, in token of a knight. Gower.

ple associated together; an assemblage; a throng. There a noble crew Of lords and ladies stood on every side. Spenser. Faithful to whom to thy rebellious crew Milton.

A low stool.

A wooden tool used in graining leather. Knight.

A low stool. "I . . . seated her upon a little crock." Tatler.