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The act of blowing; a roaring wind; a blast. [Obs.] A most tempestuous blore. Chapman.

An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it. Chapman.

A bravado; a boast. With so proud a strain Of threats and bravings. Chapman.

To cover or ornament with brass. Chapman.

produced; breed; species. Flocks of the airy brood, (Cranes, geese or long-necked swans). Chapman.

A young capon. [R.] Chapman.

The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying. Nine days employed in carriage. Chapman.

A buyer; a chapman. [Obs.] If you want to sell, here is your chap. Steele.

wheat. [Obs.] Drayton. Their purest cheat, Thrice bolted, kneaded, and subdued in paste. Chapman.

ing; the union of parts; junction. [Obs.] The doors of plank were; their close exquisite. Chapman.

To concrete into lumps; to clot. [Obs.] "Clottered blood." Chapman.

To call forth; to summon. [Obs.] Chapman. She had this knight from far compelled. Spenser.

To fulfill; to accomplish. [Obs.] Chapman.

The state or quality of being clear or bright; brightness; conspicuosness. [R.] Chapman.

n, or increase to some common stock; contributive. Milton. Bonfires of contributory wood. Chapman. Contributory negligence (Law), negligence by an injured party, which combines with the negligence of the injurer in producing the injury, and which bars recovery when it is the proximate cause of the injury. Wharton.…

A chapman; a dealer; a merchant. [Obs.] He would have sold his part of paradise For ready money, had he met a copeman. B. Jonson.

countermine or counterplot; to plot secretly. 'Tis hard for man to countermine with God. Chapman.

t her cunning. Ps. cxxxvii. 5. A carpenter's desert Stands more in cunning than in power. Chapman.

formed or working; skillful; artistic; ingenious. Our bodies decked in our dædalian arms. Chapman. The dædal hand of Nature. J. Philips. The doth the dædal earth throw forth to thee, Out of her fruitful, abundant flowers. Spenser.

Defiance; challenge. Childish, unworthy dares Are not enought to part our powers. Chapman. Sextus Pompeius Hath given the dare to Cæsar. Shak.