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

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

dates. If history without chronology is dark and confused, chronology without history is dry and insipid. A. Holmes.

To call, as a hen her chickens. Dryden.

To call, as a hen her chickens; to cluck. [Obs.] Dryden.

A cicada. See Cicada. "At eve a dry cicala sung." Tennison.

s ending where it begins, and repeating itself. Thus in a circle runs the peasant's pain. Dryden.

or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around. I circumvented whom I could not gain. Dryden.

le, more shocking than his rudeness could be. Chesterfield. The sweet civilities of life. Dryden.

efine. Yet blest that fate which did his arms dispose Her land to civilize, as to subdue. Dryden

To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere. [R.] Dryden

A sharp, harsh, ringing sound. Dryden.

To come together suddenly with noise. The doors around me clapped. Dryden.

lly clean; pure; innocent. "Cleanly joys." Glanvill. Some plain but cleanly country maid. Dryden. Displays her cleanly platter on the board. Goldsmith.

arent, or undimmed; to free from clouds. He sweeps the skies and clears the cloudy north. Dryden.

Condition of a client; state of being under the protection of a patron. Dryden.

s if with effort; to rise to a higher point. Black vapors climb aloft, and cloud the day. Dryden.

o hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly. "Clinch the pointed spear." Dryden.

To make to dry up or wither. [Obs.] If thou speak'st false, Upon the next tree shalt thou hang alive, Till famine cling thee. Shak.

iftly; -- usually with indefinite it. Straight flies as chek, and clips it down the wind. Dryden.