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or seller of candles. The chandler's basket, on his shoulder borne, With tallow spots thy coat. Gay.

A distinguishing mark, above the elow, on the sleeve of a noncommisioned officer's coat.

runcatus, and C. retusus) allied to the armadillo. It is covered with a leathery shell or coat of mail, like a cloak, attached along the spine.

ing the chorion; as, the choroid plexuses of the ventricles of the brain, and the choroid coat of the eyeball. -- n.

Pertaining to the choroid coat.

Also applied to special parts of the eye itself; as, the ciliary processes of the choroid coat; the ciliary muscle, etc.

with one end of the metallic head cleft for use in extracting nails, etc. -- Claw hammer coat, a dress coat of the swallowtail pattern. [Slang] -- Claw sickness, foot rot, a disease affecting sheep.

To coat or paint with clearcole.

A room, attached to any place of public resort, where cloaks, overcoats, etc., may be deposited for a time.

ith square muzzle, the ears long and set low, the legs short or of medium length, and the coat fine and silky, wavy but not curly. Various colors are bred, as black, liver, red, black and white, black and tan, etc.

nd the neck, whether for use, ornament, restraint, or identification; as, the collar of a coat; a lady's collar; the collar of a dog.

An instrument for currying hairy animals, or cleansing and smoothing their coats; a currycomb.

Knit or woven together; close; firm. [Obs.] The coats, without, are context and callous. Derham.

To cover or coat with copper; to sheathe with sheets of copper; as, to copper a ship.

The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.

Lying down, with their heads in opposite directions; -- said of animals borne in a coat of arms.

Represented as running; -- said of a beast borne in a coat of arms.

any one of them. -- Court breeding, education acquired at court. -- Court card. Same as Coat card. -- Court circular, one or more paragraphs of news respecting the sovereign and the royal family, together with the proceedings or movements of the court generally, supplied to the newspapers by an officer specially cha…

Sticking plaster made by coating taffeta or silk on one side with some adhesive substance, commonly a mixture of isinglass and glycerin.

A short coat of coarse cloth. [Obs.] Full threadbare was his overeste courtepy. Chaucer.