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To plant and preserve, as a copse. Swift.

ess or regard, with a view to deceive and disappoint. You are coquetting a maid of honor. Swift.

A pin of a large size, formerly used attaching a woman's headdress to a cork mold. [Obs.] Swift.

in one of you being turned off, in which 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.

it a great error to count upon the genius of a nation as a standing argument in all ages. Swift.

e countenance, to preserve a composed or natural look, undisturbed by passion or emotion. Swift.

or proposal brought forward in opposition to another, as in the negotiation of a treaty. Swift. -- Counter proof, in engraving, a print taken off from another just printed, which, by being passed through the press, gives a copy in reverse, and of course in the same position as that of plate from which the first was p…

acter, on purpose to place it in counterview, or contrast with that of the other company. Swift.

To join in wedlock; to marry. [Colloq.] A parson who couples all our beggars. Swift.

One who makes it his business to marry beggars to each other. Swift.

A swift or spirited horse; a racer or a war horse; a charger. [Poetic.] Pope.

The act of paying court, with the intent to solicit a favor. Swift.

ple. Their storehouses crammed with grain. Shak. He will cram his brass down our throats. Swift.

A werd rhyming with another word. His similes in order set And every crambo he could get. Swift. Dumb crambo, a game in which one party of players give a word which rhymes with another, which last to be guessed by the opposing party, who represent in dumb show what they think it to be.

To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise; to crunch. Swift.

mall glass bottle for holding vinegar, oil, pepper, or the like, for the table; a caster. Swift.

, and breast, and bodies stood Crusted with bark. Addison. Very foul and crusted bottles. Swift. Their minds are crusted over, like diamonds in the rock. Felton.

Loud expression of triumph or wonder or of popular acclamation or favor. Swift. The cry went once on thee. Shak.

mation. Give them [the servants] their cue to attend in two lines as he leaves the house. Swift.

Gullibility. [R.] Swift.