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or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables. Chaucer. In ivory coffers I have stuffed my crowns. Shak.

happening at the same time; as, the coincidence of the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

One who confers any benefit. [Obs.] Feltham.

A place of hiding; a secret place; a retreat frem observation. The cleft tree Offers its kind concealment to a few. Thomson.

One who confers; one who converses. Johnson.

st and endures persecution for his faith. He who dies for religion is a martyr; he who suffers for it is a confessor. Latham. Our religion which hath been sealed with the blood of so many martyrs and confessors. Bacon.

One who offers congratulation. Milton.

m. The convention with the State of georgia has been ratified by their Legislature. T. Jefferson.

roach nearer together; as, lines converge. The mountains converge into a single ridge. Jefferson.

One who, or that which, conveys or carries, transmits or transfers.

Over a signal number, when it refers to the signal number of an officer in the Annual Navy Register.

The exact opposite. The German prose offers the counterpole to the French style. De Quincey.

-- In the course of, at same time or times during. "In the course of human events." T. Jefferson.

way; to tamper; to meddle. "Dabbling here and there with the text." Atterbury. During the ferst year at Dumfries, Burns for the ferst time began to dabble in politics. J. C. Shairp.

apet. -- Dead block, either of two wooden or iron blocks intended to serve instead of buffers at the end of a freight car. -- Dead calm (Naut.), no wind at all. -- Dead center, or Dead point (Mach.), either of two points in the orbit of a crank, at which the crank and connecting rod lie a straight line. It correspon…

One who defers or puts off.

Blair. Demonstrative pronoun (Gram.), a pronoun distinctly designating that to which it refers.

g made for mathematical or scientific purposes, or to assist a verbal explanation which refers to it; a mechanical drawing, as distinguished from an artistical one. Indicator diagram. (Steam Engine) See Indicator card, under indicator

To cause to be different or unlike; to set at variance. [R.] But something 'ts that differs thee and me. Cowley.

That by which one thing differs from another; that which distinguishes or causes to differ;; mark of distinction; characteristic quality; specific attribute. The marks and differences of sovereignty. Davies.