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A young brother; a little boy; -- a familiar term of address of a small boy.

Bub; -- a term of familiar or affectionate address to a small boy.

g in oil. History . . . does not bring out clearly upon the canvas the details which were familiar. J. H. Newman.

Joyful music, as of a song. I heard the bells on Christmans Day Their old, familiar carol play. Longfellow.

ervance, on a public occasion. -- Not to stand on ceremony, not to be ceremonious; to be familiar, outspoken, or bold.

A familiar nickname or substitute for Charles.

To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip. Shak. To chat a while on their adventures. Dryden.

Given to light, familiar talk; talkative. Lady M. W. Montagu.

Familiar or trifling talk; prattle.

Intimate; familiar; confidential. League with you I seek And mutual amity, so strait, so close, That I with you must dwell, or you with me. Milton.

A singular or odd person; -- a familiar, humorous, or depreciatory appellation. [Colloq.] A few of us old codgers met at the fireside. Emerson.

Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal; as, colloquial intercourse; colloquial phrases; a colloquial style. -- Col*lo"qui*al*ly, adv. His [Johnson's] colloquial talents were, indeed, of the highest order. Macaulay.

To make colloquial and familiar; as, to colloquialize one's style of writing.

Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity. Fifteen years of thought, observation, and commerce with the world had made him [Bunyan] wiser. Macaulay.

endant or subordinate employee in a public office, hotel, or the like. The commissionaire familiar to European travelers performs miscellaneous services as a light porter, messenger, solicitor for hotels, etc.

A familiar for the flagchip, or for the principal vessel of a squadron or fleet.

In common; familiary. [Obs.] Spenser.

Familiar talk or conversation. [Colloq.]

To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle. I shall not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau If birds confabulate or no. Cowper.

Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation. Friends' confabulations are comfortable at all times, as fire in winter. Burton.