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A bird of the family Cotingidæ, including numerous bright- colored South American species; -- called also chatterers.

Cotton prepared in sheets or rolls for quilting, upholstering, and similar purposes.

The operation of putting down or displacing the opaque lens in cataract.

Same as Countertrippant.

The house or room in which a merchant, trader, or manufacturer keeps his books and transacts business.

The act of bringing or coming together; connection; sexual union.

The pursuit or running game with dogs that follow by sight instead of by scent. In coursing of a deer, or hart, with greyhounds. Bacon

A sycophantic courtier. B. Jonson.

Belonging to a covenant. Specifically, belonging to the Scotch Covenanters. Be they covenanting traitors, Or the brood of false Argyle Aytoun.

Anything which covers or conceals, as a roof, a screen, a wrapper, clothing, etc. Noah removed the covering of the ark. Gen. viii. 13. They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. Job. xxiv. 7. A covering over the well's mouth. 2 Sam. xvii. 19.

A cove or series of coves, as the concaved surface under the overhang of a projecting upper story.

Healing the distemper of cows.

The act or art of catching crabs.

The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated. As the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. Eccl. vii. 6.

The act of using a cradle.

Same as Craps.

The noise of many things falling and breaking at once. There shall be . . . a great crashing from the hills. Zeph. i. 10.

Vehement or urgent desire; longing for; beseeching. A succession of cravings and satiety. L'Estrange. -- Crav"ing*ly, adv. -- Crav"ing*ness, n.

A mill for grinding tin ore.

A harsh grating or squeaking sound, or the act of making such a sound. Start not at the creaking of the door. Longfellow.