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hich he holds lands, so that he incurs the danger of the writ of cessavit. See Cessavit. Cowell.

iety of argillaceous slate. -- By a long chalk, by a long way; by many degrees. [Slang] Lowell. -- Chalk drawing (Fine Arts), a drawing made with crayons. See Crayon. -- Chalk formation. See Cretaceous formation, under Cretaceous. -- Chalk line, a cord rubbed with chalk, used for making straight lines on boards or…

; to venture upon; -- usually with it as object. Come what will, I will chance it. W. D. Howells.

A chapel or altar so endowed. Cowell.

and face covered with a chaperon, out of which there are but two holes to look through. Howell.

The platforms, consisting of two or more planks doweled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge. Wilhelm. A singular, chess, is sometimes used. "Each chess consists of three planks." Farrow.

A toll for passage through a forest. [Obs.] Cowell.

To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously. W. D. Howells.

, a thing annexed to a place, as a mill. -- Chose transitory, a thing which is movable. Cowell. Blount.

To mark with the circumflex accent, as a vowel. [R.]

h a claw, or with the hand as a claw. "Clawing [in ash barrels] for bits of coal." W. D. Howells. To claw off (Naut.), to turn to windward and beat, to prevent falling on a lee shore.

eriod during which killing game or catching certain fish is prohibited by law. -- Close vowel (Pron.), a vowel which is pronounced with a diminished aperture of the lips, or with contraction of the cavity of the mouth. -- Close to the wind (Naut.), directed as nearly to the point from which the wind blows as it is po…

een of Spain took off one of her chopines and clouted Olivarez about the noddle with it. Howell.

Having a large fist. Howell.

of the prefix com-, signifying with, together, in conjunction, joint. It is used before vowels and some consonants. See Com-.

To share in a venture. Howell.

To convert into, or add to, a forest. Howell.

d of tenon connecting the face of a scarfed timber with the face of another timber, or a dowel or pin of hard wood or iron uniting timbers. [Also spelt coag.]

A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be fatal. See Basilisk. That bare vowel, I, shall poison more Than the death-darting eye of cockatrice. Shak.

were lawfully taken, as a distress, by defendant, acting as servant for another. [Eng.] Cowell. Mozley & W.