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ntal bordering or framelike decoration around the sides and top of a door, window, or fireplace. The top piece is called the traverse and the side pieces the ascendants.

of a church, reserved for the use of the clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed. Hence, in modern use;

To give and take reciprocally; to exchange; -- followed by with; as, to change place, or hats, or money, with another. Look upon those thousands with whom thou wouldst not, for any interest, change thy fortune and condition. Jer. Taylor.

One who, or that which, is left or taken in the place of another, as a child exchanged by fairies. Such, men do changelings call, so changed by fairies' theft. Spenser. The changeling [a substituted writing] never known. Shak.

A subordinate place of worship; as,

A divice placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.

A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mold.

of flowerless plants, having articulated stems and whorled branches. They flourish in wet places.

To place something to the account of as a debt; to debit, as to charge one with goods. Also, to enter upon the debit side of an account; as, to charge a sum to one.

s of the dead. "Charnel vaults." Milton. Charnel house, a tomb, vault, cemetery, or other place where the bones of the dead are deposited; originally, a place for the bones thrown up when digging new graves in old burial grounds.

senting the surface of the moon. -- Topographic chart, a minute delineation of a limited place or region.

sed you from the field. Shak. Philologists, who chase A panting syllable through time and place. Cowper.

en, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified; as, checks placed against items in an account; a check given for baggage; a return check on a railroad.

Chemical action taking place through an intervening membrane.

To place in a coffin. [Obs.] He dieth and is chested. Gen. 1. 26 (heading).

In the first place; principally; preëminently; above; especially. Search through this garden; leave unsearched no nook; But chiefly where those two fair creatures lodge. Milton.

s signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected with a place, occupation, character, etc.; as, a child of God; a child of the devil; a child of disobedience; a child of toil; a child of the people.

A fireplace or hearth. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

A decorative construction around the opning of a fireplace.

iek; to gnash; to utter harsh or shrill cries. [Obs.] All full of chirkyng was that sorry place. Cheucer.