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A short-legged and stout horse, esp. one used for the saddle. [Eng.]

To make or mend coarsely; to patch; to botch; as, to cobble shoes. Shak. "A cobbled saddle." Thackeray.

c differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehended in vision; as, gay colors; sad colors, etc.

f administering comfort. [Obs.] The gentle comfortment and entertainment of the said embassador. Hakluyt.

To converse together; to discourse; to confer. [Obs.] Embassadors were sent upon both parts, and divers means of entreaty were commoned of. Grafton.

Remorse. [Obs.] "With sad commorse." Daniel.

A mixture; a compound. [R.] A sad compost of more bitter than sweet. Hammond.

men, him will I confess, also, before my Father which is in heaven. Matt. x. 32. For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess both. Acts xxiii. 8.

Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments. [Obs.] Milton. To make a sad consort`; Come, let us join our mournful song with theirs. Spenser.

To make sad. [Obs.] To deject and contrist myself. Sterne.

to one we have the complex idea of a couple. Locke. [Ziba] met him with a couple of asses saddled. 2 Sam. xvi. 1.

or has right to exercise official power, as the letters given by a government to an ambassador or envoy, or a certificate that one is a duly elected delegate. The committee of estates excepted against the credentials of the English commissioners. Whitelocke. Had they not shown undoubted credentials from the Divine Per…

embankment. Crest tile, a tile made to cover the ridge of a roof, fitting upon it like a saddle. -- Interior crest (Fort.), the highest line of the parapet.

A crusader. [Obs.] The conquesta of the croises extending over Palestine. Burke.

art or buttocks of certain quadrupeds, especially of a horse; hence, the place behind the saddle. So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung. Sir W. Scott.

A leather loop, passing under a horse's tail, and buckled to the saddle to keep it from slipping forwards.

A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.

A coin. See Crusado.

Cast down; afflicted; low-spirited; sad; as, a dejected look or countenance. -- De*ject"ed*ly, adv. -- De*ject"ed*ness, n.

To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize.