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To make a short, shrill, cheerful sound; to chirp. See Chirrup. "Cheruping birds." Drayton.

Made of cheveril; pliant. [Obs.] A cheveril conscience and a searching wit. Drayton.

fish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard. Like to some rich churl hoarding up his pelf. Drayton.

Belonging to, or resembling, a city. "Smoky, citied towns" [R.] Drayton.

Mutually assisting. [Obs.] Drayton.

An associate in an act; a coworker. Drayton.

A rustic high shoe or half-boots. [Obs.] Drayton.

A wind instrument nearly identical with the bagpipe. Drayton.

by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before; as, a dog cotes a hare. [Obs.] Drayton. We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming. Shak.

iginally stitched or woven in squares or figures. On which a tissue counterpane was cast. Drayton.

To bend, turn, or wind. Along the crankling path. Drayton.

cause to ripple. Cf. Crimp. The lover with the myrtle sprays Adorns his crisped tresses. Drayton. Along the crisped shades and bowers. Milton. The crisped brooks, Rolling on orient pearl and sands of gold. Milton.

orse. He that before ran in the pastures wild Felt the stiff curb control his angry jaws. Drayton. By these men, religion,that should be The curb, is made the spur of tyranny. Denham.

To make a curvet; to leap; to bound. 'Oft and high he did curvet." Drayton.

oddles. [Obs.] Little children when they learn to go By painful mothers daded to and fro. Drayton.

Somewhat damp. [Obs.] Drayton.

One given to draydreams.

Aptly; fitly; dexterously; neatly. "Deftly dancing." Drayton. Thyself and office deftly show. Shak.

The quality of being deft. Drayton.

Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other, Of the delapsed crown from Philip. Drayton.