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That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint. "Speak without control." Dryden.

Having a high crown, or a point or peak at top. [Obs.] A copatain hat made on a Flemish block. Gascoigne.

e correctness of opinions or of manners; correctness of taste; correctness in writing or speaking; the correctness of a text or copy.

; as, he coughed himself hoarse. To cough down, to silence or put down (an objectionable speaker) by simulated coughing.

One who counsels; an adviser. Can he that speaks with the tongue of an enemy be a good counselor, or no Shak.

a sovereign in his regal state. My lord, there is a nobleman of the court at door would speak with you. Shak. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove. Sir. W. Scott.

To make difficulty; to be unwilling. [Obs.] If he coyed To hear Cominius speak, I 'll keep at home. Shak.

Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of. [Colloq.] One of our crack speakers in the Commons. Dickens.

To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully. [Obs.] Each man may crake of that which was his own. Mir. for Mag.

o shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly. All, all, cry shame against ye, yet I 'll speak. Shak. The man . . . ran on,crying, Life! life! Eternal life! Bunyan.

rds of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next succeeding player to speak; any word or words which serve to remind a player to speak or to do something; a catchword. When my cue comes, call me, and I will answer. Shak.

ack from the hand. He would visit his mistress in a morning gown, band,short cuffs, and a peaked beard. Arbuthnot.

er, a mark of reference [||] which comes next in order after the dagger. -- To look, or speak, daggers, to look or speak fiercely or reproachfully.

color; spotted; variegated; as, a dapple horse. Some dapple mists still floated along the peaks. Sir W. Scott.

A state of privacy; secrecy. What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light. Matt. x. 27.

af-mutes are still so called, even when, by artificial methods, they have been taught to speak imperfectly.

y or club, a society or club for the purpose of debate and improvement in extemporaneous speaking.

or first attempt; hence, a first appearance before the public, as of an actor or public speaker.

To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking; as, the students declaim twice a week.

The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students. The public listened with little emotion, but with much civility, to five acts of monotonous declamation.…