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ake or mend coarsely; to patch; to botch; as, to cobble shoes. Shak. "A cobbled saddle." Thackeray.

The region or home of cockneys; cockneys, collectively. Thackeray.

ang, Eng.] It was in the second affair that poor little Barney showed he was a cocktail. Thackeray.

ow many of our English princes have been coddled at home by their fond papas and mammas! Thackeray. He [Lord Byron] never coddled his reputation. Southey.

ogue with her again, and all shall be well. Greene. He had been colloguing with my wife. Thackeray.

Something suitable to be eaten; -- commonly in the plural. Thackeray.

A walk or other exercise taken for one's health or constitution. [Colloq.] Thackeray. The men trudged diurnal constitutionals along the different roads. Compton Reade.

Excessively. [Low] He's so consumedly pround of it. Thackeray.

Silent. [R.] "The guests sit conticent." Thackeray.

; easy of access. [Colloq.] Hereties used to be brought thither, convenient for burning. Thackeray.

Pertaining to conversation; in the manner of one conversing; as, a conversational style. Thackeray.

arly, as for social, literary, or other purposes; a clique. "The queen of your coterie." Thackeray.

ter; -- said of a written message. Letters . . . dispatched under cover to her ladyship. Thackeray.

in order to see better; as, a hunter cranes forward before taking a leap. Beaconsfield. Thackeray. The passengers eagerly craning forward over the bulwarks. Howells.

Wearing a cravat. The young men faultlessly appointed, handsomely cravatted. Thackeray.

to discourage; to demoralize; as, the death of his friend cut him up terribly. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

ess pleasure by motion; to caper; to frisk; to skip about. Then, 'tis time to dance off. Thackeray. More dances my rapt heart Than when I first my wedded mistress saw. Shak. Shadows in the glassy waters dance. Byron. Where rivulets dance their wayward round. Wordsworth. To dance on a rope, or To dance on nothing, to be…

not, because they could not. Macaulay. Who dared to sully her sweet love with suspicion. Thackeray. The tie of party was stronger than the tie of blood, because a partisan was more ready to dare without asking why. Jowett (Thu

To grow dark; to show indistinctly. Thackeray.

Becoming dark or gloomy; frowing. His honest brows darkling as he looked towards me. Thackeray.