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ew; strength; toughness; as, a man of real fiber. Yet had no fibers in him, nor no force. Chapman.

loq.] Were they all in full fig, the females with feathers on their heads, the males with chapeaux bras Prof. Wilson.

garden warbler (Sylvia, or Currica, hortensis); -- called also beccafico and greater pettychaps.

ng lateral parts of the upper lip of dogs, especially prominent in hounds; -- called also chaps. See Illust. of Bloodhound.

A fool; a simpleton; a ninny. [Obs.] Chapman.

Eatable; fruitful. [R.] Chapman.

ve a presentiment of. [Obs.] As when, with unwieldy waves, the great sea forefeels winds. Chapman.

Ready; directly forward; going before. [Obs.] "A foreright wind." Chapman.

valence, of an atom or radical. -- Free-borough men (O.Eng. Law). See Friborg. -- Free chapel (Eccles.), a chapel not subject to the jurisdiction of the ordinary, having been founded by the king or by a subject specially authorized. [Eng.] Bouvier. -- Free charge (Elec.), a charge of electricity in the free or stat…

A cable. [Archaic] Chapman.

A wreath of chaplet made of branches, flowers, or feathers, and sometimes of precious stones, to be worn on the head like a crown; a coronal; a wreath. Pope.

A queer old fellow; an old chap; an old woman. [Contemptuous, Slang or Dial.]

mbulances and military hospitals are made neutral, and this condition affects physicians, chaplains, nurses, and the ambulance corps. Great Britain signed the convention in 1865. -- Geneva cross (Mil.), a red Greek cross on a white ground; -- the flag and badge adopted in the Geneva convention.

Something which gets or gains money; a successful affair. [Colloq.] Chapman.

To reel; to whirl. Chapman.

See Gigot. [Obs.] Chapman.

A small piece of flesh; a slice. [Obs.] The rest in giggots cut, they spit. Chapman.

That part of the body where the girdle is worn. [Obs.] Sheathed, beneath his girdlestead. Chapman.

A garland; a prize. [Obs.] Chapman.

Pride; boastfulness; arrogance. In glory of thy fortunes. Chapman.