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Worthy of being commended or praised; laudable; praiseworthy. Order and decent ceremonies in the church are not only comely but commendable. Bacon. -- Com*mend"a*ble*ness, n. -- Com*mend"a*bly, adv.

a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere. Hook.

harge made by innkeepers for drawing the cork and taking care of bottles of wine bought elsewhere by a guest.

ugh. -- Cornish engine, a single-acting pumping engine, used in mines, in Cornwall and elsewhere, and for water works. A heavy pump rod or plunger, raised by the steam, forces up the water by its weight, in descending.

To pack in a crate or case for transportation; as, to crate a sewing machine; to crate peaches.

A tool, or a sewing-mashine attachment, for making lines or creases on leather or cloth, as guides to sew by.

To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent. [R.] Anna Seward.

d as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread. He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in darning his stockins. Swift. Darning last. See under Last. -- Darning needle. (a) A long, strong needle for mending holes or rents, especially in st…

See Dasewe [Obs.] Chaucer.

[the river] flows and flows, and yet will flow, Volume decreaseless to the final hour. A. Seward.

elected into Magdalen College as a demy; a term by which that society denominates those elsewhere called "scholars," young men who partake of the founder's benefaction, and succeed in their order to vacant fellowships. Johnson.

Places where ore is dug; especially, certain localities in California, Australia, and elsewhere, at which gold is obtained. [Recent]

To sound with a din; a ding. The gay viol dinning in the dale. A. Seward.

A sailor's small bag to hold thread, needles, tape, etc.; -- also called sailor's housewife.

) To make over; to perform a second time. (b) To cover; to spread; to smear. "Boats . . . sewed together and done over with a kind of slimy stuff like rosin." De Foe. -- To do to death, to put to death. (See 7.) [Obs.] -- To do up. (a) To put up; to raise. [Obs.] Chaucer. (b) To pack together and envelop; to pack up.…

That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.

To excite fever in. [R.] A. Seward.

To sew up; to inclose by a seam; hence, to include; to contain. Camden.

One who makes an entrance or beginning. A. Seward.

The operation of sewing up a rent in the intestinal canal.