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branch established in 1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by wearing the long pointed cowl or capoch of St. Francis. A bare-footed and long-bearded capuchin. Sir W. Scott.

imals, and colloquially of human beings. His chaps were all besmeared with crimson blood. Cowley. He unseamed him [Macdonald] from the nave to the chaps. Shak.

Abounding with charms. "His charmful lyre." Cowley.

Pleasing correspondence of proportion, relation, or sound. "Chimes of verse." Cowley.

the base of a brilliant. See Illust. of Brilliant. How full the collet with his jewel is! Cowley.

r. The fruit which does so quickly waste, . . . Thou comfitest in sweets to make it last. Cowley.

Manner of acting; behavior; bearing. A graceful comportment of their bodies. Cowley. Her serious and devout comportment. Addison.

And O, what man's condition can be worse Than his whom plenty starves and blessings curse Cowley. The new conditions of life. Darwin.

ame age; coeval. A grove born with himself he sees, And loves his old contemporary trees. Cowley.

fe Does with substantial blessedness abound, And the soft wings of peace cover him round. Cowley.

A chimney cap; a cowl

Hooded; cowled; covered, as with a hood. Sir T. Browne.

A hood-shaped organ, resembling a cowl or monk's hood, as certain concave and arched sepals or petals.

he can arrive to the height of sin. South. Her pride debauched her judgment and her eyes. Cowley.

s the sea or ocean; an abyss; a great depth. Courage from the deeps of knowledge springs. Cowley. The hollow deep of hell resounded. Milton. Blue Neptune storms, the bellowing deeps resound. Pope.

The character or person of a devil or the devil. Cowley.

To devote. [Obs.] Cowley.

different or unlike; to set at variance. [R.] But something 'ts that differs thee and me. Cowley.

One who arbitrates or decides. [R.] Cowley.

One who dispossesses. Cowley.