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One who lies down; one who rests or remains, as in concealment. There were liers in a ambush against him. Josh. viii. 14.

In Gothic vaulting, any rib which does not spring from the impost and is not a ridge rib, but passes from one boss or intersection of the principal ribs to another.

He who, or that which, applies.

A workshop; a studio.

A broad leather belt formerly worn by soldiers over the right shoulder and across the breast under the left arm. Originally it was used for supporting the musket and twelve cases for charges, but later only as a cartridge belt.

- said of a hawk. [Obs.] Nares. He makes his stoop; but wanting breath, is forced To cancelier. Massinger.

stoop. [Obs.] The fierce and eager hawks, down thrilling from the skies, Make sundry canceliers are they the fowl can reach. Drayton.

A cavalier; a gallant; a libertine. Shak.

ffhand; frank. The plodding, persevering scupulous accuracy of the one, and the easy, cavalier, verbal fluency of the other, from a complete contrast. Hazlitt.

Somewhat like a cavalier.

The practice or principles of cavaliers. Sir. W. Scott.

In a supercilious, disdainful, or haughty manner; arroganty. Junius.

A disdanful manner.

A candlestick, lamp, stand, gas fixture, or the like, having several branches; esp., one hanging from the ceiling.

A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man. "Mount, chevaliers; to arms." Shak.

One engaged in the business of digging mineral coal or making charcoal, or in transporting or dealing in coal.

The place where coal is dug; a coal mine, and the buildings, etc., belonging to it.

One who complies, yields, or obeys; one of an easy, yieldy temper. Swift.

he first Revolution, of which Danton and Marat were members, and which met in an old Cordelier convent in Paris.

A joint stock company, formed for general banking business, or for the construction of public works, by means of loans on personal estate, after the manner of the crédit foncier on real estate. In practice, however, this distinction has not been strictly observed.