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urselves with bantering several poor scholars with hopes of being at least his lordship's chaplain. De Foe.

f whose souls a certain number of prayers are to be said or counted off on the beads of a chaplet; hence, a catalogue in general. On Fame's eternal beadroll worthy to be field. Spenser. It is quite startling, on going over the beadroll of English worthies, to find how few are directly represented in the male line. Quar…

A bedfellow. [Obs.] Chapman.

ing prayer in the Church of England. It is taken from an apocryphal addition to the third chapter of Daniel.

To pinch, or mark with pinches. Chapman.

A chapel for dissenters. [Eng.]

the usher to the Chapter of the Garter, so called from the black rod which he carries. He is of the king's chamber, and also usher to the House of Lords. [Eng.]

A plaintive cry of, or like that of, a sheep. The bleat of fleecy sheep. Chapman's Homer.

The cry of, or as of, a sheep. Chapman.

The act of blowing; a roaring wind; a blast. [Obs.] A most tempestuous blore. Chapman.

An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it. Chapman.

A bravado; a boast. With so proud a strain Of threats and bravings. Chapman.

To cover or ornament with brass. Chapman.

produced; breed; species. Flocks of the airy brood, (Cranes, geese or long-necked swans). Chapman.

ining or conveying an occult meaning; mystic. The Heptarchus is a cabalistic of the first chapter of Genesis. Hallam.

A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.

A woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter. Regular canoness, one bound by the poverty, and observing a strict rule of life. -- Secular canoness, one allowed to hold private property, and bound only by vows of chastity and obedience so long as she chose to remain in the chapter.

A benefice or prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church; a right to a place in chapter and to a portion of its revenues; the dignity or emoluments of a canon.

A narrow passage or lane through chaparral or a forest.

ap proverbs. Shak. Now I have him under girdle I'll cap verses with him to the end of the chapter. Dryden.