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t out; to sprout. I have known barley chit in seven hours after it had been thrown forth. Mortimer.

A short, thick, heavy piece of wood. Morton. Chump end, the thick end; as, the chump end of a joint of meat. Dickens.

Quicklime; also, plaster or mortar. [India] Whitworth.

A maker of cider. [Obs.] Mortimer.

ace in water. Ciderkin is made for common drinking, and supplies the place of small beer. Mortimer.

To ingraft by cleaving the stock and inserting a scion. Mortimer.

To close with glutinous matter. [Obs.] Mortimer.

ce; time, or thought; -- often followed by to. Plant the spring crocuses close to a wall. Mortimer. The thought of the Man of sorrows seemed a very close thing -- not a faint hearsay. G. Eliot.

A husk; a pod; as, a peascod. [Eng.] Mortimer.

A small bronze mortar mounted on a wooden block with handles, and light enough to be carried short distances by two men.

ear wheel, or a lifter or wiper on a shaft; originally, a separate piece of wood set in a mortise in the face of a wheel.

respect and affections of the people; the best goods command the best price. 'Tis not in mortals to command success. Addison.

A mortar made of sand and cement.

eal estate, is transferred; transfer of ownership; an instrument in writing (as a deed or mortgage), by which the title to property is conveyed from one person to another. [He] found the conveyances in law to be so firm, that in justice he must decree the land to the earl. Clarendon.

One whose business is to draw up conveyances of property, as deeds, mortgages, leases, etc. Burrill.

able; unyielding. [Obs.] Clay in dry seasons is costive, hardening with the sun and wind. Mortimer.

An instrument (chisel or shears) to cut the ribs and open the thoracic cavity, in post-mortem examinations and dissections. Knight.

spurred his steed to full career. Sir W. Scott. To couch malt, to spread malt on a floor. Mortimer.

uble points for transferring measurements from one timber to another, as the breadth of a mortise to the place where the tenon is to be made. Knight.

or; to comprehend, include, or embrace; to account for or solve; to counterbalance; as, a mortgage which fully covers a sum loaned on it; a law which covers all possible cases of a crime; receipts than do not cover expenses.