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A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel.

A body of followers; -- applied to the lawless or brigand bands in Italy and Sicily.

- Common Bench, a name sometimes given to the English Court of Common Pleas. -- Common brawler (Law), one addicted to public brawling and quarreling. See Brawler. -- Common carrier (Law), one who undertakes the office of carrying (goods or persons) for hire. Such a carrier is bound to carry in all cases when he has a…

t; controversy; debate; altercation. Leave all noisy contests, all immodest clamors and brawling language. I. Watts.

face, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to crawl. Ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep. Milton.

Crawling, or moving close to the ground. "Every creeping thing." Gen. vi. 20.

Crawly; having or producing a sensation like that caused by insects creeping on the skin. [Colloq.] One's whole blood grew curdling and creepy. R. Browning.

To knit with a crochet needle or hook; as, to rochett a shawl.

horizontally across a frame to hold it in position until the deck beams are in; a cross- pawl.

audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child. Ye shall cry for sorrow of heart. Is. lxv. 14. I could find it in my heart to disgrace my man's apparel and to cry like a woman. Shak.

the ancient wedge-shaped characters, or the inscriptions in them. "A cuneiform scholar." Rawlinson.

Chiding; brawl. [Obs.]

That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch, pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking.

Not complying with the restraints of order and law; tumultuous; unruly; lawless; turbulent; as, disorderly people; disorderly assemblies.

A wandering about or going astray; digression. Let us be set down at Queen's Crawley without further divagation. Thackeray.

Same as Drawbar (b). Called also draglink, and drawlink. [U. S.]

and other affectations. [Recent] The social dude who affects English dress and English drawl. The American.

A shoemaker's awl. [Prov. Eng.]

regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will. Hath crawled into the favor of the king. Shak.

A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of plunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to buccaneers infesting the Spanish American coasts, but introduced into common English to designate the followers of Lopez in his expedition to Cuba in 1851, and those of Walker in his expedition to Nicaragua, in 185…