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Silent and idle. [Colloq.] Boys can't sit mum-chance always. J. H. Ewing.

By chance; perhaps; peradventure.

A spring lock for discharging a firearm; also, the firearm to which it is attached. [Obs.]

ace without one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event; chance; contingency; often, an undesigned and unforeseen occurrence of an afflictive or unfortunate character; a casualty; a mishap; as, to die by an accident. Of moving accidents by flood and field. Shak. Thou cam'st not to thy pl…

Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit.

In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.

accountant in certain public offices. Also, formerly, an officer in the English court of chancery who received the moneys paid into the court, and deposited them in the Bank of England.

To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate; as, to advance the price of goods.

That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss. Nay, a far less good to man it will be found, if she must, at all adventures, be fastened upon him individually. Milton.

or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify. "To aggravate my woes." Pope. To aggravate the horrors of the scene. Prescott. The defense made by the prisioner's counsel did rather aggravate than extenuate his crime. Addison.

To come or chance (upon). [R.]

One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery. Council of Ancients (French Hist.), one of the two assemblies composing the legislative bodies in 1795. Brande.

A place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc. Weale.

quest of soliciting; as, an application for an office; he made application to a court of chancery.

Of or pertaining to the apse of a church; as, the apsidal termination of the chancel.

il of the war department of the Austrian empire, and the members of different provincial chanceries of that empire are called aulic councilors. P. Cyc.

Adventure; hap. [Obs.] In aunters, perchance.

Accident; chance; adventure. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a "board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points". Each player has fifteen pieces, or "men", the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables. Backgammon board , a board for playing backgammon, often made i…

To omit, miss, or overlook by chance. [Obs.]