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One of the claque employed to applaud at a theater.

ockbill the yards as a sign of mourning. To cockbill the anchor, to suspend it from the cathead preparatory to letting it go. See Acockbill.

The amphitheater of Vespasian at Rome, the largest in the world. [Written also Colosseum.]

An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.

The amphitheater of Vespasian in Rome. [Also written Coliseum.]

The mistress or sweetheart of Harlequin in pantomimes. Brewer.

The body of actors employed in a theater or in the production of a play. To keep company with. See under Keep, v. t.

he wrestlers, or the wrestling ground itself. Hence, a part of the orchestra of the Greek theater.

Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever. [Obs.] The northeast part of Asia is, if not continent with the west side of America, yet certainly it is the least disoined by sea of all that coast. Berrewood.

One who makes or deals in costumes, as for theaters, fancy balls, etc.

One of the side scenes of the stage in a theater, or the space included between the side scenes.

tion or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, or the like.

Cowardly; fainthearted; spiritless. "His craven heart." Shak. The poor craven bridegroom said never a word. Sir. W. Scott. In craven fear of the sarcasm of Dorset. Macualay.

A bar or timber connecting two knightheads or two bitts.

Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are attached the upper shrouds. At the head of lower masts in large vessels, they support a semicircular platform called the "top."

by springs; hence, any hat not injured by compressing. -- Crush room, a large room in a theater, opera house, etc., where the audience may promenade or converse during the intermissions; a foyer. Politics leave very little time for the bow window at White's in the day, or for the crush room of the opera at night. Mac…

closed at pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a movable screen for concealing the stage.

A name given to several species of Pleuronectes . TheAmerican rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides.

One who receives free tickets for theaters, public conveyances, etc. [Colloq. U. S.]

A dear one; lover; sweetheart. That kiss I carried from thee, dear. Shak.