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701 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CIRCUIT.5 (Noah Webster)
4. That which encircles; a ring; a diadem.
702 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CLACK.6 (Noah Webster)
2. The instrument that strikes the hopper of a grist-mill, to move or shake it, for discharging the corn. And according to Johnson, a bell that rings when more corn is required to be put in.
703 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CLINCH.8 (Noah Webster)
3. In seamens language, the part of a cable which is fastened to the ring of an anchor; a kind of knot and seizings, used to fasten a cable to the ring of an anchor, and the britching of a gun to the ring bolts in a ships side.
704 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CLINK.1 (Noah Webster)
CLINK, v.t. To ring or jingle; to utter or make a small sharp sound, or a succession of such sounds, as by striking small metallic or other sonorous bodies together.
705 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COAT.16 (Noah Webster)
9. A coat of mail is a piece of armor, in form of a shirt, consisting of a net-work of iron rings.
706 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COIL.1 (Noah Webster)
COIL, v.t. To gather, as a line or cord into a circular form; to wind into a ring, as a serpent, or a rope.
707 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COIL.3 (Noah Webster)
1. A rope gathered into a ring; on shipboard, a single turn or winding is called a fake, and a range of fakes is called a tier.
708 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COILING.1 (Noah Webster)
COILING, ppr. Gathering or winding into a ring or circle.
709 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COLLAR.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Something worn round the neck, as a ring of metal, or a chain. The knights of several orders wear a chain of gold, enameled, and sometimes set with ciphers or other devices, to which the badge of the order is appended.
710 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COLLET.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Among jewelers, the horizontal face or plane at the bottom of brilliants; or the part of a ring in which the stone is set.
711 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONCUSSION.3 (Noah Webster)
It is believed that great ringing of bells, in populous cities, hath dissipated pestilent air, which may be from the concussion of the air.
712 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONGE.6 (Noah Webster)
… and ring, and afterwards by letters patent. But now the king, on demand, sends, his conge delire to the dean and chapter, with a letter missive, containing the name …
713 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONGE.7 (Noah Webster)
… , a ring or ferrule, formerly used on the extremities of columns to keep them from splitting; afterwards imitated in stone-work.
714 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CORNETTER.4 (Noah Webster)
Cornice-ring of a cannon, is the ring next from the muzzle-ring backward.
715 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CRINGLE.3 (Noah Webster)
… a ring. Its use is to receive the ends of the ropes by which the sail is drawn up to its yard, or to extend the leech by the bow-line-bridles.
716 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CRINGLE.4 (Noah Webster)
Iron-cringles or hanks, are open rings running on the stays, to which the heads of the stay sails are made fast.
717 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CURB.2 (Noah Webster)
… two rings or mails.
718 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CURFEW.2 (Noah Webster)
… ringing of the bell, at eight o’clock, every one should put out his light and go to bed. This word is not used in America; although the practice of ringing a bell …
719 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CUSHAT.1 (Noah Webster)
CUSHAT, n. The ring-dove or wood-pigeon.
720 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CYMBAL.3 (Noah Webster)
… fie rings, which are touched and shifter along the triangle with an iron rod held in the left hand, while it is supported in the right by a ring, to give it free …