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poor cottager contenteth himself with cob for his walls, and thatch for his covering. R. Carew.

A quoit. [Obs.] Carew.

to consign; -- used with to, unto. Commit thy way unto the Lord. Ps. xxxvii. 5. Bid him farewell, commit him to the grave. Shak.

se. Shak. Evil company doth corrupt good manners. 1 Cor. xv. 33. (Rev. Ver. ). Brethren, farewell: your company along I will not wish. Milton.

se, or a garden. In the midst was placed a large compartment composed of grotesque work. Carew.

larendon. Cornwall compounded to furnish ten oxen after Michaelmas for thirty pounds. R. Carew. Compound for sins they are inclined to By damning those they have no mind to. Hudibras.

e dispatched this weary pilgrimage, and from a traveler shall come to be a comprehensor, farewell faith and welcome vision. Bp. Hall.

To consent. [Obs.] All parties willingly condescended heruento. R. Carew.

The act of taking leave; parting ceremony; farewell; also, dismissal.

Constraining; compulsory. [R.] "Any constraintive vow." R. Carew.

cting under contract; settled by express agreement; as, conventionary tenants. [Obs.] R. Carew.

Rendered uninhabited. "Dishabited towns." R. Carew.

sed in a sense very diverse from its original import. J. Edwards. Our roads are diverse: farewell, love! said she. R. Browning.

Fallen; ruined. Carew.

To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine. R. Carew. Dredging machine, a machine (commonly on a boat) used to scoop up mud, gravel, or obstructions from the bottom of rivers, docks, etc., so as to deepen them.

To be equal. [Obs.] R. Carew.

sitation, or in a broken, trembling, or weak manner. And here he faltered forth his last farewell. Byron. Mde me most happy, faltering "I am thine." Tennyson.

farthing land; nine farthings a Cornish acre; and four Cornish acres a knight's fee. R. Carew.

One who fires or sets fire to anything; an incendiary. [R.] R. Carew.

Abounding with fish. [R.] "My fishful pond." R. Carew.