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l e'er be sullied with one taint or spot That may take from your innocence and candor. Massinger.

A female professional singer.

A singer; esp. the leader of a church choir; a precentor. The cantor of the church intones the Te Deum. Milman.

, the official staff or baton of a cantor or precentor, with which time is marked for the singers.

A humorous canon or round, so contrived that the singers catch up each other's words.

A stick or club employed in the game of ball called cat or tipcat. Massinger.

One who chants; a singer or songster. Pope.

A female chanter or singer. Milton.

A choir of singers, or an orchastra, attached to the court of a prince or nobleman.

A band or organized company of singers, especially in church service. [Formerly written also quire.]

A singer or composer of chorals.

A singer in a choir; a chorister. [R.]

One of a choir; a singer in a chorus. Dryden.

A band of singers and dancers. The Grecian tragedy was at first nothing but a chorus of singers. Dryden.

absolute and circular In all those wished-for rarities that may take A virgin captive. Massinger. Circular are, any portion of the circumference of a circle. -- Circular cubics (Math.), curves of the third order which are imagined to pass through the two circular points at infinity. -- Circular functions. (Math.) See…

A member of a club. [R.] Massinger.

trick of discarded cards of us! We were ranked with coats as long as old master lived. Massinger. Coat armor. See under Armor. -- Coat of arms (Her.), a translation of the French cotte d'armes, a garment of light material worn over the armor in the 15th and 16th centuries. This was often charged with the heraldic bear…

To comply; to yield; to surrender. "We need not fear his coming in" Massinger. (e) To be brought into use. "Silken garments did not come in till late." Arbuthnot. (f) To be added or inserted; to be or become a part of. (g) To accrue as gain from any business or investment. (h) To mature and yield a harvest; as, the cro…

Twisted, or twisted together. "A contorted chain of icicles." Massinger.

the voice or singer performing this part; as, her voice is a contralto; she is a contralto.