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time to another; as, a merchant is carrying a large stock; a farm carries a mortgage; a broker carries stock for a customer; to carry a life insurance. Carry arms (Mil. Drill), a command of the Manual of Arms directing the soldier to hold his piece in the right hand, the barrel resting against the hollow of the shoulde…

the form of questions and answers. The Jews, even till this day, have their catechisms. Hooker. The Larger Catechism, The Shorter Catechism. See Westminster Assembly, under Assembly.

Frivolous or sophistical objection. [Obs.] Hooker.

To bite or chew impatiently. They began . . . irefully to champ upon the bit. Hooker.

baked. Charlotte Russe (, or Charlotte à la russe Etym: [F., lit., Russian charlotte] (Cookery), a dish composed of custard or whipped cream, inclosed in sponge cake.

Small chick or crack. Bank check, a written order on a banker or broker to pay money in his keeping belonging to the signer. -- Check book, a book containing blank forms for checks upon a bank. -- Check hook, a hook on the saddle of a harness, over which a checkrein is looped. -- Check list, a list or catalogue by w…

Its nutritious seed, used in cookery, and especially, when roasted (parched pulse), as food for travelers in the Eastern deserts.

elongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful. "Childlike obedience." Hooker.

To bet, as with chips in the game of poker. To chip in, to contribute, as to a fund; to share in the risks or expenses of. [Slang. U. S.]

s not, unless the thing which we take be so in our power that we might have refused it. Hooker.

ile; -- formerly supposed to be the seat and cause of irascibility. [Obs.] His [Richard Hooker's] complexion . . . was sanguine, with a mixture of choler; and yet his motion was slow. I. Warton.

The whole body of Christians. Hooker.

plant (Allium fistulosum), sometimes called Welsh onion. Its fistular leaves areused in cookery.

Circular; illogical. [Obs. & .] "Cross and circulary speeches." Hooker.

A leading about; circumlocution. [R.] Hooker.

m the laity; in England, usually restricted to the ministers of the Established Church. Hooker.

gnify that coessential Spirit, eternally proceeding from both [The Father and the Son]. Hooker.

v. Colorable and subtle crimes, that seldom are taken within the walk of human justice. Hooker.

Obs.] Wyclif. God's own testimony . . . doth not a little comfort and confirm the same. Hooker.

A woman invested with authority to command. Hooker.