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The common guillemot. [Prov. Eng.]

a sweetmeat or sweetmeats. [Obs.] We'll dine in the great room, but let the music And banquet be prepared here. Massinger.

A raised way or foot bank, running along the inside of a parapet, on which musketeers stand to fire upon the enemy.

One who banquets; one who feasts or makes feasts.

old p. p. of Bequeath. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The toy called cup and ball.

A white fricassee.

A grove; a thicket; shrubbery; an inclosure formed by branches of trees, regularly or irregularly disposed.

See Bosket.

A perfume; an aroma; as, the bouquet of wine.

The ibex.

A watch-guard.

A block of compacted coal dust, or peat, etc., for fuel.

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

r love, for the mere gratification of vanity; trifling in love. "Little affectations of coquetry." Addison.

A vain, trifling woman, who endeavors to attract admiration from a desire to grafity vanity; a flirt; -- formerly sometimes applied also to men.

Practicing or exhibiting coquetry; alluring; enticing. A pretty, coquettish housemaid. W. Irving.

In a coquettish manner.

The act of croqueting.

A ball of minced meat, fowl, rice, or other ingredients, highly seasoned, and fried.