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ang, Eng.] It was in the second affair that poor little Barney showed he was a cocktail. Thackeray.

ow many of our English princes have been coddled at home by their fond papas and mammas! Thackeray. He [Lord Byron] never coddled his reputation. Southey.

ogue with her again, and all shall be well. Greene. He had been colloguing with my wife. Thackeray.

Something suitable to be eaten; -- commonly in the plural. Thackeray.

A resident. Bp. Hacket.

vileged from his childhood from suspicion of incontinency and needed no compurgation. Bp. Hacket.

A walk or other exercise taken for one's health or constitution. [Colloq.] Thackeray. The men trudged diurnal constitutionals along the different roads. Compton Reade.

Excessively. [Low] He's so consumedly pround of it. Thackeray.

Silent. [R.] "The guests sit conticent." Thackeray.

; easy of access. [Colloq.] Hereties used to be brought thither, convenient for burning. Thackeray.

Pertaining to conversation; in the manner of one conversing; as, a conversational style. Thackeray.

The curved line or flourish at the end of a book or chapter; hence, the end. [R.] Bp. Hacket.

Having the character of a cosmopolite. [R.] Hackluyt.

arly, as for social, literary, or other purposes; a clique. "The queen of your coterie." Thackeray.

One who couples; that which couples, as a link, ring, or shackle, to connect cars. Coupler of an organ, a contrivance by which any two or more of the ranks of keys, or keys and pedals, are connected so as to act together when the organ is played.

ter; -- said of a written message. Letters . . . dispatched under cover to her ladyship. Thackeray.

in order to see better; as, a hunter cranes forward before taking a leap. Beaconsfield. Thackeray. The passengers eagerly craning forward over the bulwarks. Howells.

Wearing a cravat. The young men faultlessly appointed, handsomely cravatted. Thackeray.

to discourage; to demoralize; as, the death of his friend cut him up terribly. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

ess pleasure by motion; to caper; to frisk; to skip about. Then, 'tis time to dance off. Thackeray. More dances my rapt heart Than when I first my wedded mistress saw. Shak. Shadows in the glassy waters dance. Byron. Where rivulets dance their wayward round. Wordsworth. To dance on a rope, or To dance on nothing, to be…