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. (c) A painting, or a picture on canvas. To suit his canvas to the roughness of the see. Goldsmith. Light, rich as that which glows on the canvas of Claude. Macaulay.

ht a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons. A challenge to controversy. Goldsmith.

hange a gold coin or a bank bill. He pulled out a thirty-pound note and bid me change it. Goldsmith. To change a horse, or To change hand (Man.), to turn or bear the horse's head from one hand to the other, from the left to right, or from the right to the left. -- To change hands, to change owners. -- To change one's…

ll; to make chilly; to cause to shiver; to affect with cold. When winter chilled the day. Goldsmith.

To chirp. Tennyson. The criket chirrups on the hearth. Goldsmith.

Colloq.] The landlady now returned to know if we did not choose a more genteel apartment. Goldsmith. To choose sides. See under Side.

ematical process; to do sums in arithmetic. "T was certain he could write and cipher too. Goldsmith.

A roundabout or indirect way. [Jocular] Goldsmith.

. Some plain but cleanly country maid. Dryden. Displays her cleanly platter on the board. Goldsmith.

oises), as by gentle striking; to tick. The varnished clock that clicked behind the door. Goldsmith.

of the earth. See Climate. Turn we to sutvey, Where rougher climes a nobler race display. Goldsmith.

nt for retirement; a room for privacy. A chair-lumbered closet, just twelve feet by nine. Goldsmith. When thou prayest, enter into thy closet. Matt. vi. 6.

a man with rags. Prov. xxiii. 21 The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes. Goldsmith.

n, the clouds; airy; unsubstantial; imaginary. Cowper. So vanished my cloud-built palace. Goldsmith.

butions of the members. They talked At wine, in clubs, of art, of politics. Tennyson. He [Goldsmith] was one of the nine original members of that celebrated fraternity which has sometimes been called the Literary Club, but which has always disclaimed that epithet, and still glories in the simple name of the Club. Macau…

ombated in silence all these reasons. Milton. Minds combat minds, repelling and repelled. Goldsmith.

o begin. Here the anthem doth commence. Shak. His heaven commences ere the world be past. Goldsmith.

y, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents. His [Goldsmith's] compilations are widely distinguished from the compilations of ordinary bookmakers. Macaulay.

ing; esp., to put together or compose out of materials from other books or documents. He [Goldsmith] compiled for the use of schools a History of Rome. Macaulay.

Compliance; disposition to yield to others. Goldsmith.