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the buttery or kitchen and the hall, in old mansions, over which provisions were passed. Wright.

A leg of mutton roasted, stuffed with white herrings and sweet herbs. Wright.

To intrude or live on another meanly; to beg. [Prov. or Slang, Eng.] Wright.

A ridge or mound of earth. [Prow. Eng.] Wright. Cam wheel (Mach.), a wheel with one or more projections (cams) or depressions upon its periphery or upon its face; one which is set or shaped eccentrically, so that its revolutions impart a varied, reciprocating, or intermittent motion.

See Gambrel, n., 2. Wright.

A vessel formerly used by the Dutch, privateer. Wright.

coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass which connect the handle and swingel. Wright.

The act or process of forming cartilage. Wright.

Stupid; churlish. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

festival (as in commemoration of the dedication of a church), at which much ale was used. Wright. Nares.

The bedbug. [Obs.] Wright.

hment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood. Wright.

A dealer in cogware or coarse cloth. [Obs.] Wright.

See under Blast, n., 2. Cold blood. See under Blood, n., 8. -- Cold chill, an ague fit. Wright. -- Cold chisel, a chisel of peculiar strength and hardness, for cutting cold metal. Weale. -- Cold cream. See under Cream. -- Cold slaw. See Cole slaw. -- In cold blood, without excitement or passion; deliberately. He…

her, as from fear or cold; to lie close and snug together, as pigs in straw. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. Forby. A dove to fly home her nest and croodle there. C. Kingsley.

Brittle; crisp. Wright.

A bunch of the keys or samaras of the ash tree. Wright.

A skein of yarn. Wright. A cut in rates (Railroad), a reduction in fare, freight charges, etc., below the established rates. -- A short cut, a cross route which shortens the way and cuts off a circuitous passage. -- The cut of one's jib, the general appearance of a person. [Colloq.] -- To draw cuts, to draw lots, as…

The rotten body of a tree. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

To cut into jags or points; to slash; as, to dag a garment. [Obs.] Wright.