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cation is, that some of them may be calculated to injure rather than benefit society. Goldsmith. The minister, on the other hand, had never gone through an experience calculated to lead him beyond the scope of generally received laws. Hawthorne.

Hardenes; indurated. "A callous hand." Goldsmith. "A callous ulcer." Dunglison.

The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation. Goldsmith. The cant of any profession. Dryden.

) A painting, or a picture on canvas. To suit his canvas to the roughness of the see. Goldsmith. Light, rich as that which glows on the canvas of Claude. Macaulay.

A kind of fire raft or torpedo bat. The incendiary rafts prepared by Sir Sidney Smith for destroying the French flotilla at Boulogne, 1804, were called catamarans. Knight.

duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons. A challenge to controversy. Goldsmith.

e a gold coin or a bank bill. He pulled out a thirty-pound note and bid me change it. Goldsmith. To change a horse, or To change hand (Man.), to turn or bear the horse's head from one hand to the other, from the left to right, or from the right to the left. -- To change hands, to change owners. -- To change one's tun…

to make chilly; to cause to shiver; to affect with cold. When winter chilled the day. Goldsmith.

To chirp. Tennyson. The criket chirrups on the hearth. Goldsmith.

oq.] The landlady now returned to know if we did not choose a more genteel apartment. Goldsmith. To choose sides. See under Side.

ical process; to do sums in arithmetic. "T was certain he could write and cipher too. Goldsmith.

A roundabout or indirect way. [Jocular] Goldsmith.

, where you may not take many clampes, or lobsters, or both, at your pleasure. Capt. John Smith (1616). Clams, or clamps, is a shellfish not much unlike a coclke; it lieth under the sand. Wood (1634).

me plain but cleanly country maid. Dryden. Displays her cleanly platter on the board. Goldsmith.

s), as by gentle striking; to tick. The varnished clock that clicked behind the door. Goldsmith.

he earth. See Climate. Turn we to sutvey, Where rougher climes a nobler race display. Goldsmith.

or retirement; a room for privacy. A chair-lumbered closet, just twelve feet by nine. Goldsmith. When thou prayest, enter into thy closet. Matt. vi. 6.

n with rags. Prov. xxiii. 21 The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes. Goldsmith.

he clouds; airy; unsubstantial; imaginary. Cowper. So vanished my cloud-built palace. Goldsmith.

ons of the members. They talked At wine, in clubs, of art, of politics. Tennyson. He [Goldsmith] was one of the nine original members of that celebrated fraternity which has sometimes been called the Literary Club, but which has always disclaimed that epithet, and still glories in the simple name of the Club. Macaulay.…