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ountenance. "A neat cast of verse." Pope. An heroic poem, but in another cast and figure. Prior. And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought. Shak.

A small religious house attached to a monastery or convent. "Cells or dependent priories." Milman.

To collect to a point; to concentrate. Thy joys are centered all in me alome. Prior.

r bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog. Chained behind the hostile car. Prior.

business it is to cary a chair or sedan. Breaks watchmen's heads and chairmen's glasses. Prior.

eese cake, a cake made of or filled with, a composition of soft curds, sugar, and butter. Prior. -- Cheese fly (Zoöl.), a black dipterous insect (Piophila casei) of which the larvæ or maggots, called ckippers or hoppers, live in cheese. -- Cheese mite (Zoöl.), a minute mite (Tryoglyhus siro) in cheese and other artic…

To ruminate mentally; to meditate on. He chews revenge, abjuring his offense. Prior. To chew the cud, to chew the food ocer again, as a cow; to ruminate; hence, to meditate. Every beast the parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat. Deut. xxiv. 6.…

; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry. Prior. To shuffle from them by chicane. Burke. To cut short this, I propound it fairly to your own canscience. Berkeley.

To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to encircle. Prior. Pope. Their heads are circled with a short turban. Dampier. So he lies, circled with evil. Coleridge. To circle in, to confine; to hem in; to keep together; as, to circle bodies in. Sir K. Digby.

xhibiting all the circumstances; minute; particular. Tedious and circumstantial recitals. Prior. Circumstantial evidence (Law), evidence obtained from circumstances, which necessarily or usually attend facts of a particular nature, from which arises presumption. According to some authorities circumstantial is distingui…

o produce a ringing metallic sound. The fierce Caretes . . . clanged their sounding arms. Prior.

nsing; fitted to remove moisture; dirt, etc. [Obs.] "With cleanly powder dry their hair." Prior.

; to make perspicuous. Many knotty points there are Which all discuss, but few can clear. Prior.

The burdock. [Prov. Engl.] Prior.

bedclothes. She turned each way her frighted head, Then sunk it deep beneath the clothes. Prior. Body clothes. See under Body. -- Clothes moth (Zoöl.), a small moth of the genus Tinea. The most common species (T. flavifrontella)is yellowish white. The larvæ eat woolen goods, furs, feathers, etc. They live in tubular c…

haracteristic of a clown; ungainly; awkward. "Clownish hands." Spenser. "Clownish mimic." Prior. -- Clown"ish*ly, adv.

Compelling, in a physical sense; powerful. [Obs.] The cogent force of nature. Prior.

lanation; annotation; exposition. All the volumes of philosophy, With all their comments. Prior.

pensate the heat of the day. Bacon. The pleasures of life do not compensate the miseries. Prior.

concluded; completed; as, the edifice is complete. This course of vanity almost complete. Prior.