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Conclusion; cessation; ending; end. His long and troubled life was drawing to a close. Macaulay.

Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment. Ayliffe.

The common burdock; the clotbur. [Obs.] Wyclif.

The quality of being clusy. The drudging part of life is chiefly owing to clumsiness and ignorance. Collier.

The fine filiform process of a cnidoblast.

A large, slender, harmless snake of the southern United States (Masticophis flagelliformis).

To restrain; to confine. [Obs.] Ayliffe.

he control of the admiralty, drilled as a naval reserve. [Eng.] (b) The force employed in lifesaving stations along the seacoast. [U. S.] -- Coast rat (Zoöl.), a South African mammal (Bathyergus suillus), about the size of a rabbit, remarkable for its extensive burrows; -- called also sand mole. -- Coast waiter, a cus…

A joint or coadjutant bishop. Ayliffe.

xico, Central America, etc., and found on several species of cactus, esp. Opuntia cochinellifera.

Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.

s; to curb. Burke. Punishments are manifold, that they may coerce this profligate sort. Ayliffe.

A basket. [Obs.] Wyclif (matt. xiv. 20).

A tooth, cam, or catch for imparting or receiving motion, as on a gear wheel, or a lifter or wiper on a shaft; originally, a separate piece of wood set in a mortise in the face of a wheel.

icially heard and determined. Cognizable both in the ecclesiastical and secular courts. Ayliffe.

dull; uninteresting. What a deal of cold business doth a man misspend the better part of life in! B. Jonson. The jest grows cold . . . when in comes on in a second scene. Addison.

of lime occurring in transparent colorless or white crystals, also massive, in Southern California.

A collateral relative. Ayliffe.

f the cells in which bees store their honey, eggs, etc.; honeycomb. "A comb of honey." Wyclif. When the bee doth leave her comb. Shak.

e foibles of individuals, the manners of society, or the ludicrous events or accidents of life; a play in which mirth predominates and the termination of the plot is happy; -- opposed to tragedy. With all the vivacity if comedy. Macaulay. Are come to play a pleasant comedy. Shak.