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trick of discarded cards of us! We were ranked with coats as long as old master lived. Massinger. Coat armor. See under Armor. -- Coat of arms (Her.), a translation of the French cotte d'armes, a garment of light material worn over the armor in the 15th and 16th centuries. This was often charged with the heraldic bear…

To comply; to yield; to surrender. "We need not fear his coming in" Massinger. (e) To be brought into use. "Silken garments did not come in till late." Arbuthnot. (f) To be added or inserted; to be or become a part of. (g) To accrue as gain from any business or investment. (h) To mature and yield a harvest; as, the cro…

Twisted, or twisted together. "A contorted chain of icicles." Massinger.

the voice or singer performing this part; as, her voice is a contralto; she is a contralto.

the center, to the highest heavens. Bates. An upstart craned up to the height he has. Massinger.

To play on a crowd; to fiddle. [Obs.] "Fiddlers, crowd on." Massinger.

lness; painstaking. [Obs.] My father's care With curiousness and cost did train me up. Massinger.

ely on the Trojan war and its heroes; -- so called because keeping within the circle of a singe subject. Also, any series or coterie of poets writing on one subject. Milman.

whose names are kept on the rolls. O you commanders, That, like me, have no dead-pays. Massinger.

A heap or store. [Obs.] Who . . . hath such trinkets Ready in the deck. Massinger. Between decks. See under Between. -- Deck bridge (Railroad Engineering), a bridge which carries the track upon the upper chords; -- distinguished from a through bridge, which carries the track upon the lower chords, between the girders.…

a contest; he declined any participation with them. Could I Decline this dreadful hour Massinger.

To reduce; to diminish. [Obs.] "Do not deduct it to days." Massinger.

Resources; means. [Obs.] You know How narrow our demeans are. Massinger.

To serve; to treat; to benefit. [Obs.] A man that hath So well deserved me. Massinger.

often with from. Never desisting to do evil. E. Hall. To desist from his bad practice. Massinger. Desist (thou art discern'd, And toil'st in vain). Milton.

To misbecome. [Obs.] Massinger.

to divest. I am a thing obscure, disfurnished of All merit, that can raise me higher. Massinger.

sposing; power to dispose of; disposal; direction. Give up My estate to his disposure. Massinger.

e himself, I dare not say distempered, But kind, and in his tottering chair carousing. Massinger.

A player or singer who prepares to take the part of another player in his absence; a substitute.