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l, which was advertised for sale, in the newspapers, at the low price of fifteen guineas. Dickens.

eitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey. [Colloq.] He was a horse chaunter; he's a leg now. Dickens.

To goad, drive, hunt, throw, or pitch. [Slang, Eng.] Dickens.

vy piece of wood. Morton. Chump end, the thick end; as, the chump end of a joint of meat. Dickens.

With well-proportioned, unblemished limbs; as, a clean-limbed young fellow. Dickens.

In a clean manner; neatly. He was very cleanly dressed. Dickens.

to a client. A dependent and cliental relation. Burke. I sat down in the cliental chair. Dickens.

Narrow; confined; as, a close alley; close quarters. "A close prison." Dickens.

One who raises coal out of the hold of a ship. [Eng.] Dickens.

ject at which stones are flung. "Making a cockshy of him," replied the hideous small boy. Dickens.

connubial tenderness. Some connubialities which had begun to pass between Mr. and Mrs. B. Dickens.

ount. He had lost a cool hundred. Fielding. Leaving a cool thousand to Mr.Matthew Pocket. Dickens.

To press forward in a winding way; as, to corksrew one's way through a crowd. [Colloq.] Dickens.

See Cozy. Dickens.

"A couple of shepherds." Sir P. Sidney. "A couple of drops" Adduson. "A couple of miles." Dickens. "A couple of weeks." Carlyle. Adding one to one we have the complex idea of a couple. Locke. [Ziba] met him with a couple of asses saddled. 2 Sam. xvi. 1.

e; having qualities to be boasted of. [Colloq.] One of our crack speakers in the Commons. Dickens.

., one who prepares a pupil hastily for an exxamination, or a pupil who is thus prepared. Dickens.

rly used as a charm for the cramp. Halliwell. "He could turn cramp bones into chess men." Dickens. -- Cramp ring, a ring formerly supposed to have virtue in averting or curing cramp, as having been consecrated by one of the kings of England on Good Friday.

s, to crib a line from Milton. [Colloq.] Child, being fond of toys, cribbed the necklace. Dickens.

Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively. The snug, small room, and the crisp fire. Dickens.