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Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers. Swift.

Over weight. Swift.

A private or obscure road. "Through slippery byroads" Swift.

One versed in the cabala, or the mysteries of Jewish traditions. "Studious cabalists." Swift.

A cottage or small house; a hut. Swift. A hunting cabin in the west. E. Everett.

rate from a church. Many of the campaniles od Italy are lofty and magnificent atructures. Swift.

ecause originally made of one the species of cane. Stir the fire with your master's cane. Swift.

gar. To introduce and multiply cant words in the most ruinous corruption in any language. Swift.

ith death; as, capital trials; capital punishment. Many crimes that are capital among us. Swift. To put to death a capital offender. Milton.

a porter; a teamster. The roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures. Swift.

r trick. [Obs.] This was a cast of Wood's politics; for his information was wholly false. Swift.

ated for the purpose of improving his voice for singing; an artificial, or male, soprano. Swift.

with a view to reproof, by eliciting from a person answers which condemn his own conduct. Swift.

danger to; to warn; to exhort [one] to take heed. You cautioned me against their charms. Swift.

t; wary; watchful; as, a cautious general. Cautious feeling for another's pain. Byron. Be swift to hear; but cautious of your tongue. Watts.

Rapidity of motion; quickness; swiftness. Time, with all its celerity, moves slowly to him whose whole employment is to watch its flight. Johnson.

The office, position, or station of a chaplain. Swift.

Destitute of charms. Swift.

f; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for. [Obsoles.] Pretend to cheapen goods, but nothing buy. Swift.

A young person; a child; esp. a young woman; a maiden. "Stella is no chicken." Swift. Chicken cholera, a contagious disease of fowls; - - so called because first studied during the prevalence of a cholera epidemic in France. It has no resemblance to true cholera.