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ded to those already existing, in order to afford security or proof; as, an additional or special mark put upon a package of goods belonging to several persons, that it may not be opened except in the presence of all; a mark added to that of an artificer of gold or silver work by the Goldsmiths' Company of London, to a…

Cut off smoothly, as distinguished from erased; -- used especially for the head or limb of an animal. See Erased.

Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other. A sudden couplet rushes on your mind. Crabbe.

proceedings or movements of the court generally, supplied to the newspapers by an officer specially charged with such duty. [Eng.] Edwards. -- Court day, a day on which a court sits to administer justice. -- Court dress, the dress prescribed for appearance at the court of a sovereign. -- Court fool, a buffoon or jes…

ovable sideboard or buffet, on which plate and other articles of luxury were displayed on special ocasions. [Obs.] A way with the joint stools, remove the court-cupboard, look to the plate. Shak.

One collaterally related more remotely than a brother or sister; especially, the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.

A retired nook; especially, a small, sheltered inlet, creek, or bay; a recess in the shore. Vessels which were in readiness for him within secret coves and nooks. Holland.

One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.

To make crude preparation for a special occasion, as an examination, by a hasty and extensive course of memorizing or study. [Colloq.]

The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull, either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the brain; the brain case or brainpan. See Skull.

A semisolid mass or clot, especially that formed in coagulation of the blood.

A box or case whose sides are of wooden slats with interspaces, -- used especially for transporting fruit.

The doctrine that a soul is specially created for each human being as soon as it is formed in the womb; -- opposed to traducianism.

Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man. He asked water, a creature so common and needful that it was against the law of nature to deny him. Fuller. God's first creature was light. Bacon. On earth, join, all ye creatures, to extol Him first, him last, him…

re of various phenols and their ethers, and is obtained by the distillation of wood tar, especially that of beechwood.

A peculiar perforated organ of certain spiders (Ciniflonidæ), used for spinning a special kind of silk.

One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a felon.

Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis, turning point, or specially important juncture; important as regards consequences; hence, of doubtful issue; attended with risk; dangerous; as, the critical stage of a fever; a critical situation. Our circumstances are indeed critical. Burke. The small moment, the exact point, th…

To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually. Marat . . . croaks with reasonableness. Carlyle.

Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher. Like foolish flies about an honey crock. Spenser.