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One who seeks only his own interest, advantage, or pleasure.

An ancient weight and coin used by the Jews and by other nations of the same stock.

One who utters a shriek.

To speak. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The parlor or reception room of a convent. [Obs.]

A man in charge of stores or goods of any kind; as, a naval storekeeper.

A clock, watch, or other chronometer; a timepiece.

One who treks before or first; a pioneer. [South Africa]

The meadow pipit. [Prov. Eng.]

See 2d Wreak. [Obs.]

Alms. [Obs.] Cheke.

A building comprising a number of suites designed for separate housekeeping tenements, but having conveniences, such as heat, light, elevator service, etc., furnished in common; -- often distinguished in the United States from a flat house.

Half a shekel.

The blue-cheeked honeysucker of Australia.

An omen; a foreshadowing. [Obs.] The owl eke, that of death the bode bringeth. Chaucer.

rt; as, the captain of a boat's crew; the captain of a football team. A trainband captain eke was he. Cowper. The Rhodian captain, relying on . . . the lightness of his vessel, passed, in open day, through all the guards. Arbuthnot.

om that of the lord chamberlain of the Household, whose functions relate to the royal housekeeping.

snipe. Cherry tree, a tree that bears cherries. -- Ground cherry, Winter cherry, See Alkekengi.

An instrument for measuring time; a timekeeper.

cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle Ages. [Obs.] [Written also checklaton, chekelatoun.] His robe was of ciclatoun, That coste many a Jane. Chaucer.