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a thicket of brushwood. See Coppice. Near yonder copse where once the garden smiled. Goldsmith.

d by Shakespeare to denote also a kingly crown. Without a star, a coronet, or garter. Goldsmith.

One who corrupts, or who upholds corruption. Sydney Smith.

d Plato. The cosmogony or creation of the world has puzzled philosophers of all ages. Goldsmith.

A small house; a cottage or hut. The sheltered cot, the cultivated farm. Goldsmith.

case it will not be easy to cotton with another. Swift. Didst see, Frank, how the old goldsmith cottoned in with his beggarly companion Sir W. Scott.

l well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he. Goldsmith.

e presence of all; a mark added to that of an artificer of gold or silver work by the Goldsmiths' Company of London, to attest the standard quality of the gold or silver; a mark added to an ancient coin or medal, to show either its change of value or that it was taken from an enemy.

; an antonym; -- the opposite of synonym; as, "foe" is the counterterm of "friend". C. J. Smith.

That part of a meal served at one time, with its accompaniments. He [Goldsmith] wore fine clothes, gave dinners of several courses, paid court to venal beauties. Macualay.

Ps. cxxxv. 2. And round the cool green courts there ran a row Cf cloisters. Tennyson. Goldsmith took a garret in a miserable court. Macualay.

The lady drops a courtesy in token of obedience, and the ceremony proceeds as usual. Golgsmith.

which] both sides are prepared for all the matrimonial adventures that are to follow. Goldsmith.

r dame sits cowering o'er a kitchen fire. Dryden. Like falcons, cowering on the nest. Goldsmith.

lishments; a fop. Fond to be seen, she kept a bevy Of powdered coxcombs at her levee. Goldsmith. Some are bewildered in the maze of schools, And some made coxcombs, nature meant but fools. Pope.

he coy maid, half willings to be pressed, Shall kiss the cup, to pass it to the rest. Goldsmith.

B. Jonson. Since the birth of time, throughout all ages and nations, Has the craft of the smith been held in repute. Longfellow.

ration. In vain she tries her paste and creams, To smooth her skin or hide its seams. Goldsmith.

ation or esteem; reputable; estimable. This gentleman was born of creditable parents. Goldsmith.

a river and larger than a brook. Lesser streams and rivulets are denominated creeks. Goldsmith.