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mostly. Those parts of the kingdom where the . . . estates of the dissenters chiefly lay. Swift.

A small rent paid to the lord paramount. [Obs.] Swift.

top of a chimney which rises above the roof. -- Chimney swallow. (Zoöl.) (a) An American swift (Chæture pelasgica) which lives in chimneys. (b) In England, the common swallow (Hirundo rustica). -- Chimney sweep, Chimney sweeper, one who cleans chimneys of soot; esp. a boy who climbs the flue, and brushes off the soot…

rinted with flowers and other devices, in a number of different colors, and often glazed. Swift.

n or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable. My choicest hours of life are lost. Swift.

with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling. "I was choked at this word." Swift.

A hot coal without flame; an ember. Swift.

ing body to the place where its motion began. This continual circulation of human things. Swift.

Moving or turning round; circuitous. [R.] Swift.

The act of pouring or spreading round; the state of being spread round. Swift.

lingagate way of calling names . . . would save abundance of time lost by circumlocution. Swift. Circumlocution office, a term of riducle for a governmental office where business is delayed by passing through the hands of different officials.

One skilled in the civil law. Ancient civilians and writers upon government. Swift.

Scissors. [Obs.] Swift.

lision; a bang. "Give the door such a clap, as you go out, as will shake the whole room." Swift.

To make a rattling noise with. You clatter still your brazen kettle. Swift.

State of being cleanly; neatness of person or dress. Cleanliness from head to heel. Swift.

; as, clear profit. I often wished that I had clear, For life, six hundred pounds a-year. Swift .

ss, propriety, or suitableness. "T would sound more clever To me and to my heirs forever. Swift.

To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first. Swift.

ally by twining round or embraching. [Obs.] I clung legs as close to his side as I could. Swift.