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To revoke or annul, as a promise. Chapman.

e, unsight, unseen, To a new church discipline. Hudibras. There was a great confluence of chapmen, that resorted from every part, with a design to purchase, which they were to do "unsight unseen." Spectator.

the neighborhood of towns; rustic; rude; unpolished. [Obs.] " The race of upland giants." Chapman. Upland moccasin. (Zoöl.) See Moccasin. -- Upland sandpiper, or Upland plover (Zoöl.), a large American sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) much valued as a game bird. Unlike most sandpipers, it frequents fields and uplands.…

Of or pertaining to uplands; dwelling on high lands. [Obs.] Chapman.

A spring or leap into the air. [R.] Chapman.

exercise. [Obs.] Fuller. Let us be sure of this, to put the best in ure That lies in us. Chapman.

Outer. "Thine utter eyen." Chaucer. [Obs.] "By him a shirt and utter mantle laid." Chapman. As doth an hidden moth The inner garment fret, not th' utter touch. Spenser.

use is as were the cave where the young outlaw hoards the stolen vails of his occupation. Chapman.

exchangeable value. M'Culloch. Value is the power to command commodities generally. A. L. Chapin (Johnson's Cys.). Value is the generic term which expresses power in exchange. F. A. Walker. His design was not to pay him the value of his pictures, because they were above any price. Dryden.

near the church of St. Peter, including the pope's palace, a museum, a library, a famous chapel, etc.

To be irritated; to fret. [R.] Chapman.

A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position; hence, by extension, any small picture in a book; hence, also, as such pictures are often without a definite bounding line, any picture, as an engraving, a photogr…

daring; spirit; valor. [Obs.] Shak. Built too strong For force or virtue ever to expugn. Chapman.

valorous; valiant; brave. [Obs.] Old Priam's son, amongst them all, was chiefly virtuous. Chapman.

One who makes a vow. [Obs.] Chapman.

One of the common people; a vulgar person. [Obs.] These vile vulgars are extremely proud. Chapman.

That with which one walks; a foot. [Obs.] Lame Mulciber, his walkers quite misgrown. Chapman.

Abounding in capacity to warm; giving warmth; as, a warmful garment. [R.] Chapman.

a ship to save thee from the flood, I 'll furnish thee with fresh wave, bread, and wine. Chapman.

Rising or swelling in waves; full of waves. "The wavy seas." Chapman.