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ins the unruly people from evil occasions. Spenser. Fear not, my lord: we can contain ourselves. Shak.

ke easy in any situation; to appease or quiet; to gratify; to please. Do not content yourselves with obscure and confused ideas, where clearer are to be attained. I. Watts. Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them. Mark xv. 15.

A trench guarded with a parapet, constructed by besiegers, to secure themselves and check sallies of the besieged.

ne when viewed from without, in opposition to concave. Drops of water naturally form themselves into figures with a convex surface. Whewell. Double convex, convex on both sides; convexo-convex.

Dishonest management, or artifice. [Obs.] the very jesuits themselves . . . can not possibly devise any juggling conveyance how to shift it off. Hakewill.

A sort of cotton velveteen, having the surface raised in ridges.

To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt. Matt. vi. 19.

ispose as in a bed; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun. The waters couch themselves as may be to the center of this globe, in a spherical convexity. T. Burnet.

To oppose; to revoke the command of. For us to alter anuthing, is to lift ourselves against God; and, as it were, to countermand him. Hooker.

overed way, beyond the ditch, with its parapet and glacis; as, the enemy have lodged themselves on the counterscarp.

bring upon (one's self); as, he covered himself with glory. The powers that covered themselves with everlasting infamy by the partition of Poland. Brougham.

of climbing the cliffs overhanging the sea to get the eggs of sea birds or the birds themselves.

nother finds a rhyme. I saw in one corner . . . a cluster of men and women,diverting themselves with a game at crambo. I heard several double rhymes . . . which raised a great deal of mirth. Addison.

In the game of craps, a first throw of the dice in which the total is two, three, or twelve, in which case the caster loses.

y one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate, and consisting chiefly of open shelves for that purpose.

known condition and quality of the utterer or by the manifest likelihood of truth in themselves. Hooker. A very diligent and observing person, and likewise very sober and credible. Dampier.

sness. Foppish and fantastic ornaments are only indications of vice, not criminal in themselves. Addison.

[R.] The evidance is crimp; the witnesses swear backward and forward, and contradict themselves. Arbuthnot.

many beauties consistent with virtue, piety, and truth, let not little critics exalt themselves, and shower down their ill nature. I. Watts. You know who the critics are the men who have failed in literature and art. Beaconsfield.

A small closet in a room, with shelves to receive cups, dishes, food, etc.; hence, any small closet. Cupboard love, interested love, or that which has an eye to the cupboard. "A cupboard love is seldom true." Poor Robin. [Colloq.] -- To cry cupboard, to call for food; to express hunger. [Colloq.] "My stomach cries cupb…