cabman
         n 1: someone who drives a taxi for a living [syn: {taxidriver},
               {taximan}, {cabdriver}, {cabman}, {cabby}, {hack driver},
               {hack-driver}, {livery driver}]

English Dictionary: cave man	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
caffeine intoxication n poisoning resulting from excessive intake of caffeine containing products Synonym(s): caffeinism, caffeine intoxication
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cave man n someone who lives in a cave [syn: caveman, cave man, cave dweller, troglodyte]
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caveman n someone who lives in a cave [syn: caveman, cave man, cave dweller, troglodyte]
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Chapman n United States pioneer who planted apple trees as he traveled (1774-1845) Synonym(s): Chapman, John Chapman, Johnny Appleseed archaic term for an itinerant peddler
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cheap money n credit available at low rates of interest
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chief financial officer n the corporate executive having financial authority to make appropriations and authorize expenditures for a firm Synonym(s): chief financial officer, CFO
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chipmunk n a burrowing ground squirrel of western America and Asia; has cheek pouches and a light and dark stripe running down the body
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covenant n a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action Synonym(s): covenant, compact, concordat (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return v enter into a covenant enter into a covenant or formal agreement; "They covenanted with Judas for 30 pieces of silver"; "The nations covenanted to fight terrorism around the world"
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Cuban monetary unit n monetary unit in Cuba
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Cyphomandra n tree tomato Synonym(s): Cyphomandra, genus Cyphomandra
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sloth \Sloth\, n. [OE. slouthe, sleuthe, AS. sl[?]w[?], fr.       sl[be]w slow. See {Slow}.]       1. Slowness; tardiness.                         These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor This                      dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome.      --Shak.          2. Disinclination to action or labor; sluggishness; laziness;             idleness.                         [They] change their course to pleasure, ease, and                      sloth.                                                --Milton.                         Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears.                                                                               --Franklin.          3. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of arboreal             edentates constituting the family {Bradypodid[91]}, and             the suborder Tardigrada. They have long exserted limbs and             long prehensile claws. Both jaws are furnished with teeth             (see Illust. of {Edentata}), and the ears and tail are             rudimentary. They inhabit South and Central America and             Mexico.          Note: The three-toed sloths belong to the genera {Bradypus}                and {Arctopithecus}, of which several species have been                described. They have three toes on each foot. The                best-known species are collared sloth ({Bradypus                tridactylus}), and the ai ({Arctopitheus ai}). The                two-toed sloths, consisting the genus {Cholopus}, have                two toes on each fore foot and three on each hind foot.                The best-known is the unau ({Cholopus didactylus}) of                South America. See {Unau}. Another species ({C.                Hoffmanni}) inhabits Central America. Various large                extinct terrestrial edentates, such as Megatherium and                Mylodon, are often called sloths.          {Australian, [or] Native} {sloth} (Zo[94]l.), the koala.          {Sloth animalcule} (Zo[94]l.), a tardigrade.          {Sloth bear} (Zo[94]l.), a black or brown long-haired bear             ({Melursus ursinus, [or] labiatus}), native of India and             Ceylon; -- called also {aswail}, {labiated bear}, and             {jungle bear}. It is easily tamed and can be taught many             tricks.          {Sloth monkey} (Zo[94]l.), a loris.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Malacca \Ma*lac"ca\, n.       A town and district upon the seacoast of the Malay Peninsula.          {Malacca cane} (Bot.), a cane obtained from a species of palm             of the genus {Calamus} ({C. Scipionum}), and of a brown             color, often mottled. The plant is a native of Cochin             China, Sumatra, and Malays.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cabin \Cab"in\ v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cabined} (-[icr]nd); p. pr.       & vb. n. {Cabining}.]       To live in, or as in, a cabin; to lodge.                   I'll make you . . . cabin in a cave.      --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cabman \Cab"man\, n.; pl. {Cabmen}.       The driver of a cab.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cabman \Cab"man\, n.; pl. {Cabmen}.       The driver of a cab.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cap \Cap\, n. [OE. cappe, AS. c[91]ppe, cap, cape, hood, fr. LL,       cappa, capa; perhaps of Iberian origin, as Isidorus of       Seville mentions it first: [bd]Capa, quia quasi totum capiat       hominem; it. capitis ornamentum.[b8] See 3d {Cape}, and cf.       1st {Cope}.]       1. A covering for the head; esp.             (a) One usually with a visor but without a brim, for men                   and boys;             (b) One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants;             (c) One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office,                   or dignity, as that of a cardinal.          2. The top, or uppermost part; the chief.                         Thou art the cap of all the fools alive. --Shak.          3. A respectful uncovering of the head.                         He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks.                                                                               --Fuller.          4. (Zo[94]l.) The whole top of the head of a bird from the             base of the bill to the nape of the neck.          5. Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use; as:             (a) (Arch.) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as,                   the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping,                   cornice, lintel, or plate.             (b) Something covering the top or end of a thing for                   protection or ornament.             (c) (Naut.) A collar of iron or wood used in joining                   spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and                   the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the                   end of a rope.             (d) A percussion cap. See under {Percussion}.             (e) (Mech.) The removable cover of a journal box.             (f) (Geom.) A portion of a spherical or other convex                   surface.          6. A large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap;             legal cap.          {Cap of a cannon}, a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep             the priming dry; -- now called an apron.          {Cap in hand}, obsequiously; submissively.          {Cap of liberty}. See {Liberty cap}, under {Liberty}.          {Cap of maintenance}, a cap of state carried before the kings             of England at the coronation. It is also carried before             the mayors of some cities.          {Cap money}, money collected in a cap for the huntsman at the             death of the fox.          {Cap paper}.             (a) A kind of writing paper including flat cap, foolscap,                   and legal cap.             (b) A coarse wrapping paper used for making caps to hold                   commodities.          {Cap rock} (Mining), The layer of rock next overlying ore,             generally of barren vein material.          {Flat cap}, cap See {Foolscap}.          {Forage cap}, the cloth undress head covering of an officer             of soldier.          {Legal cap}, a kind of folio writing paper, made for the use             of lawyers, in long narrow sheets which have the fold at             the top or [bd]narrow edge.[b8]          {To set one's cap}, to make a fool of one. (Obs.) --Chaucer.          {To set one's cap for}, to try to win the favor of a man with             a view to marriage. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cap \Cap\, n. [OE. cappe, AS. c[91]ppe, cap, cape, hood, fr. LL,       cappa, capa; perhaps of Iberian origin, as Isidorus of       Seville mentions it first: [bd]Capa, quia quasi totum capiat       hominem; it. capitis ornamentum.[b8] See 3d {Cape}, and cf.       1st {Cope}.]       1. A covering for the head; esp.             (a) One usually with a visor but without a brim, for men                   and boys;             (b) One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants;             (c) One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office,                   or dignity, as that of a cardinal.          2. The top, or uppermost part; the chief.                         Thou art the cap of all the fools alive. --Shak.          3. A respectful uncovering of the head.                         He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks.                                                                               --Fuller.          4. (Zo[94]l.) The whole top of the head of a bird from the             base of the bill to the nape of the neck.          5. Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use; as:             (a) (Arch.) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as,                   the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping,                   cornice, lintel, or plate.             (b) Something covering the top or end of a thing for                   protection or ornament.             (c) (Naut.) A collar of iron or wood used in joining                   spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and                   the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the                   end of a rope.             (d) A percussion cap. See under {Percussion}.             (e) (Mech.) The removable cover of a journal box.             (f) (Geom.) A portion of a spherical or other convex                   surface.          6. A large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap;             legal cap.          {Cap of a cannon}, a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep             the priming dry; -- now called an apron.          {Cap in hand}, obsequiously; submissively.          {Cap of liberty}. See {Liberty cap}, under {Liberty}.          {Cap of maintenance}, a cap of state carried before the kings             of England at the coronation. It is also carried before             the mayors of some cities.          {Cap money}, money collected in a cap for the huntsman at the             death of the fox.          {Cap paper}.             (a) A kind of writing paper including flat cap, foolscap,                   and legal cap.             (b) A coarse wrapping paper used for making caps to hold                   commodities.          {Cap rock} (Mining), The layer of rock next overlying ore,             generally of barren vein material.          {Flat cap}, cap See {Foolscap}.          {Forage cap}, the cloth undress head covering of an officer             of soldier.          {Legal cap}, a kind of folio writing paper, made for the use             of lawyers, in long narrow sheets which have the fold at             the top or [bd]narrow edge.[b8]          {To set one's cap}, to make a fool of one. (Obs.) --Chaucer.          {To set one's cap for}, to try to win the favor of a man with             a view to marriage. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Capnomancy \Cap"no*man`cy\, n. [Gr. [?] smoke + mancy: cf. F.       capnomancie.]       Divination by means of the ascent or motion of smoke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Capnomor \Cap"no*mor\, n. [Gr. [?] smoke + [?], equiv. to [?]       part.] (Chem.)       A limpid, colorless oil with a peculiar odor, obtained from       beech tar. --Watts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chapman \Chap"man\, n.; pl. {Chapmen}. [AS. ce[a0]pman; ce[a0]p       trade + man man; akin to D. koopman, Sw. k[94]pman, Dan.       ki[94]pmand, G. kaufmann.f. {Chap} to cheapen, and see       {Cheap}.]       1. One who buys and sells; a merchant; a buyer or a seller.             [Obs.]                         The word of life is a quick commodity, and ought                      not, as a drug to be obtruded on those chapmen who                      are unwilling to buy it.                     --T. Fuller.          2. A peddler; a hawker.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chapman \Chap"man\, n.; pl. {Chapmen}. [AS. ce[a0]pman; ce[a0]p       trade + man man; akin to D. koopman, Sw. k[94]pman, Dan.       ki[94]pmand, G. kaufmann.f. {Chap} to cheapen, and see       {Cheap}.]       1. One who buys and sells; a merchant; a buyer or a seller.             [Obs.]                         The word of life is a quick commodity, and ought                      not, as a drug to be obtruded on those chapmen who                      are unwilling to buy it.                     --T. Fuller.          2. A peddler; a hawker.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cheapen \Cheap"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cheapened}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Cheapening}.] [OE. cheapien, chepen, to trade, buy,       sell, AS. ce[a0]pian; akin to D. koopen to buy, G. kaufen,       Icel. kaupa, Goth. kaup[d3]n to trade. Cf. {Chap} to       bargain.]       1. To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for.             [Obsoles.]                         Pretend to cheapen goods, but nothing buy. --Swift.          2. [Cf. {Cheap}, a.] To beat down the price of; to lessen the             value of; to depreciate. --Pope.                         My proffered love has cheapened me.   --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chipmunk \Chip"munk`\, n. [Indian name.] (Zo[94]l.)       A squirrel-like animal of the genus {Tamias}, sometimes       called the {striped squirrel}, {chipping squirrel}, {ground       squirrel}, {hackee}. The common species of the United States       is the {Tamias striatus}. [Written also {chipmonk},       {chipmuck}, and {chipmuk}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chipmunk \Chip"munk`\, n. [Indian name.] (Zo[94]l.)       A squirrel-like animal of the genus {Tamias}, sometimes       called the {striped squirrel}, {chipping squirrel}, {ground       squirrel}, {hackee}. The common species of the United States       is the {Tamias striatus}. [Written also {chipmonk},       {chipmuck}, and {chipmuk}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cob \Cob\, n. [Cf. AS. cop, copp, head, top, D. kop, G. kopf,       kuppe, LL. cuppa cup (cf. E. brainpan), and also W. cob tuft,       spider, cop, copa, top, summit, cobio to thump. Cf. {Cop}       top, {Cup}, n.]       1. The top or head of anything. [Obs.] --W. Gifford.          2. A leader or chief; a conspicuous person, esp. a rich             covetous person. [Obs.]                         All cobbing country chuffs, which make their bellies                      and their bags their god, are called rich cobs.                                                                               --Nash.          3. The axis on which the kernels of maize or indian corn             grow. [U. S.]          4. (Zo[94]l.) A spider; perhaps from its shape; it being             round like a head.          5. (Zo[94]l.) A young herring. --B. Jonson.          6. (Zo[94]l.) A fish; -- also called {miller's thumb}.          7. A short-legged and stout horse, esp. one used for the             saddle. [Eng.]          8. (Zo[94]l.) A sea mew or gull; esp., the black-backed gull             ({Larus marinus}). [Written also {cobb}.]          9. A lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large             size, as of coal, or stone.          10. A cobnut; as, Kentish cobs. See {Cobnut}. [Eng.]          11. Clay mixed with straw. [Prov. Eng.]                         The poor cottager contenteth himself with cob for                      his walls, and thatch for his covering. --R. Carew.          12. A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the             buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood. --Wright.          13. A Spanish coin formerly current in Ireland, worth abiut             4s. 6d. [Obs.] --Wright.          {Cob coal}, coal in rounded lumps from the size of an egg to             that of a football; -- called also {cobbles}. --Grose.          {Cob loaf}, a crusty, uneven loaf, rounded at top. --Wright.          {Cob money}, a kind of rudely coined gold and silver money of             Spanish South America in the eighteenth century. The coins             were of the weight of the piece of eight, or one of its             aliquot parts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coffeeman \Cof"fee*man\, n.       One who keeps a coffeehouse. --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coffin \Cof"fin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coffined}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Coffining}.]       To inclose in, or as in, a coffin.                   Would'st thou have laughed, had I come coffined home?                                                                               --Shak.                   Devotion is not coffined in a cell.         --John Hall                                                                               (1646).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Copeman \Cope"man\, n. [D. koopman, fr. koopen to buy. See       {Cope}, v. i. {Chapman}.]       A chapman; a dealer; a merchant. [Obs.]                   He would have sold his part of paradise For ready                money, had he met a copeman.                  --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Covenant \Cov"e*nant\ (k?v"?-nant), n. [OF. covenant, fr. F. &       OF. convenir to agree, L. convenire. See {Convene}.]       1. A mutual agreement of two or more persons or parties, or             one of the stipulations in such an agreement.                         Then Jonathan and David made a covenant. --1 Sam.                                                                               xviiii. 3.                         Let there be covenants drawn between us. --Shak.                         If we conclude a peace, It shall be with such strict                      and severe covenants As little shall the Frenchmen                      gain thereby.                                    --Shak.          2. (Eccl. Hist.) An agreement made by the Scottish Parliament             in 1638, and by the English Parliament in 1643, to             preserve the reformed religion in Scotland, and to             extirpate popery and prelacy; -- usually called the             [bd]Solemn League and Covenant.[b8]                         He [Wharton] was born in the days of the Covenant,                      and was the heir of a covenanted house. --Macaulay.          3. (Theol.) The promises of God as revealed in the             Scriptures, conditioned on certain terms on the part of             man, as obedience, repentance, faith, etc.                         I will establish my covenant between me and thee and                      thy seed after thee in their generations for an                      everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to                      thy seed after thee.                           --Gen. xvii.                                                                               7.          4. A solemn compact between members of a church to maintain             its faith, discipline, etc.          5. (Law)             (a) An undertaking, on sufficient consideration, in                   writing and under seal, to do or to refrain from some                   act or thing; a contract; a stipulation; also, the                   document or writing containing the terms of agreement.             (b) A form of action for the violation of a promise or                   contract under seal.          Syn: Agreement; contract; compact; bargain; arrangement;                stipulation.          Usage: {Covenant}, {Contract}, {Compact}, {Stipulation}.                   These words all denote a mutual agreement between two                   parties. Covenant is frequently used in a religious                   sense; as, the covenant of works or of grace; a church                   covenant; the Solemn League and Covenant. Contract is                   the word most used in the business of life. Crabb and                   Taylor are wrong in saying that a contract must always                   be in writing. There are oral and implied contracts as                   well as written ones, and these are equally enforced                   by law. In legal usage, the word covenant has an                   important place as connected with contracts. A compact                   is only a stronger and more solemn contract. The term                   is chiefly applied to political alliances. Thus, the                   old Confederation was a compact between the States.                   Under the present Federal Constitution, no individual                   State can, without consent of Congress, enter into a                   compact with any other State or foreign power. A                   stipulation is one of the articles or provisions of a                   contract.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Covenant \Cov"e*nant\ (k?v"?-n?nt), v. i. [imp. & p. p.       {Covenanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Covenanting}.]       To agree (with); to enter into a formal agreement; to bind       one's self by contract; to make a stipulation.                   Jupiter covenanted with him, that it should be hot or                cold, wet or dry, . . . as the tenant should direct.                                                                               --L'Estrange.                   And they covenanted with him for thyrty pieces of                silver.                                                   --Matt. xxvi.                                                                               15.          Syn: To agree; contract; bargain; stipulate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Covenant \Cov"e*nant\, v. t.       To grant or promise by covenant.                   My covenant of peace that I covenanted with you.                                                                               --Wyclif.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Covenant \Cov"e*nant\ (k?v"?-n?nt), v. i. [imp. & p. p.       {Covenanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Covenanting}.]       To agree (with); to enter into a formal agreement; to bind       one's self by contract; to make a stipulation.                   Jupiter covenanted with him, that it should be hot or                cold, wet or dry, . . . as the tenant should direct.                                                                               --L'Estrange.                   And they covenanted with him for thyrty pieces of                silver.                                                   --Matt. xxvi.                                                                               15.          Syn: To agree; contract; bargain; stipulate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Covenantee \Cov`e*nan*tee"\ (k?v`?-nan-t?"), n. (Law)       The person in whose favor a covenant is made.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Covenanter \Cov"e*nant*er\ (k?v"?-n?nt-?r), n.       1. One who makes a covenant.          2. (Eccl. Hist.) One who subscribed and defended the             [bd]Solemn League and Covenant.[b8] See {Covenant}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Covenant \Cov"e*nant\ (k?v"?-n?nt), v. i. [imp. & p. p.       {Covenanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Covenanting}.]       To agree (with); to enter into a formal agreement; to bind       one's self by contract; to make a stipulation.                   Jupiter covenanted with him, that it should be hot or                cold, wet or dry, . . . as the tenant should direct.                                                                               --L'Estrange.                   And they covenanted with him for thyrty pieces of                silver.                                                   --Matt. xxvi.                                                                               15.          Syn: To agree; contract; bargain; stipulate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Covenanting \Cov"e*nant*ing\, a.       Belonging to a covenant. Specifically, belonging to the       Scotch Covenanters.                   Be they covenanting traitors, Or the brood of false                Argyle?                                                   --Aytoun.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Covenantor \Cov"e*nant*or`\ (-?r`), n. (Law)       The party who makes a covenant. --Burrill.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Chapman, KS (city, FIPS 12550)       Location: 38.97176 N, 97.02064 W       Population (1990): 1264 (524 housing units)       Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 67431    Chapman, NE (village, FIPS 8780)       Location: 41.02286 N, 98.15965 W       Population (1990): 292 (130 housing units)       Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 68827    Chapman, PA (borough, FIPS 12656)       Location: 40.75918 N, 75.40148 W       Population (1990): 254 (92 housing units)       Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Chapmansboro, TN       Zip code(s): 37035
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Chapmanville, WV (town, FIPS 14524)       Location: 37.97338 N, 82.01816 W       Population (1990): 1110 (562 housing units)       Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 25508
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Coffman Cove, AK (city, FIPS 16360)       Location: 56.00817 N, 132.83906 W       Population (1990): 186 (81 housing units)       Area: 30.2 sq km (land), 9.2 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Covenant Life, AK (CDP, FIPS 17670)       Location: 59.41723 N, 136.02513 W       Population (1990): 47 (16 housing units)       Area: 39.7 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
copy member          {copybook}
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Covenant       a contract or agreement between two parties. In the Old       Testament the Hebrew word _berith_ is always thus translated.       _Berith_ is derived from a root which means "to cut," and hence       a covenant is a "cutting," with reference to the cutting or       dividing of animals into two parts, and the contracting parties       passing between them, in making a covenant (Gen. 15; Jer. 34:18,       19).                The corresponding word in the New Testament Greek is       _diatheke_, which is, however, rendered "testament" generally in       the Authorized Version. It ought to be rendered, just as the       word _berith_ of the Old Testament, "covenant."                This word is used (1) of a covenant or compact between man and       man (Gen. 21:32), or between tribes or nations (1 Sam. 11:1;       Josh. 9:6, 15). In entering into a convenant, Jehovah was       solemnly called on to witness the transaction (Gen. 31:50), and       hence it was called a "covenant of the Lord" (1 Sam. 20:8). The       marriage compact is called "the covenant of God" (Prov. 2:17),       because the marriage was made in God's name. Wicked men are       spoken of as acting as if they had made a "covenant with death"       not to destroy them, or with hell not to devour them (Isa.       28:15, 18).                (2.) The word is used with reference to God's revelation of       himself in the way of promise or of favour to men. Thus God's       promise to Noah after the Flood is called a covenant (Gen. 9;       Jer. 33:20, "my covenant"). We have an account of God's       covernant with Abraham (Gen. 17, comp. Lev. 26:42), of the       covenant of the priesthood (Num. 25:12, 13; Deut. 33:9; Neh.       13:29), and of the covenant of Sinai (Ex. 34:27, 28; Lev.       26:15), which was afterwards renewed at different times in the       history of Israel (Deut. 29; Josh. 1:24; 2 Chr. 15; 23; 29; 34;       Ezra 10; Neh. 9). In conformity with human custom, God's       covenant is said to be confirmed with an oath (Deut. 4:31; Ps.       89:3), and to be accompanied by a sign (Gen. 9; 17). Hence the       covenant is called God's "counsel," "oath," "promise" (Ps. 89:3,       4; 105:8-11; Heb. 6:13-20; Luke 1:68-75). God's covenant       consists wholly in the bestowal of blessing (Isa. 59:21; Jer.       31:33, 34).                The term covenant is also used to designate the regular       succession of day and night (Jer. 33:20), the Sabbath (Ex.       31:16), circumcision (Gen. 17:9, 10), and in general any       ordinance of God (Jer. 34:13, 14).                A "covenant of salt" signifies an everlasting covenant, in the       sealing or ratifying of which salt, as an emblem of perpetuity,       is used (Num. 18:19; Lev. 2:13; 2 Chr. 13:5).                COVENANT OF WORKS, the constitution under which Adam was       placed at his creation. In this covenant, (1.) The contracting       parties were (a) God the moral Governor, and (b) Adam, a free       moral agent, and representative of all his natural posterity       (Rom. 5:12-19). (2.) The promise was "life" (Matt. 19:16, 17;       Gal. 3:12). (3.) The condition was perfect obedience to the law,       the test in this case being abstaining from eating the fruit of       the "tree of knowledge," etc. (4.) The penalty was death (Gen.       2:16, 17).                This covenant is also called a covenant of nature, as made       with man in his natural or unfallen state; a covenant of life,       because "life" was the promise attached to obedience; and a       legal covenant, because it demanded perfect obedience to the       law.                The "tree of life" was the outward sign and seal of that life       which was promised in the covenant, and hence it is usually       called the seal of that covenant.                This covenant is abrogated under the gospel, inasmuch as       Christ has fulfilled all its conditions in behalf of his people,       and now offers salvation on the condition of faith. It is still       in force, however, as it rests on the immutable justice of God,       and is binding on all who have not fled to Christ and accepted       his righteousness.                CONVENANT OF GRACE, the eternal plan of redemption entered       into by the three persons of the Godhead, and carried out by       them in its several parts. In it the Father represented the       Godhead in its indivisible sovereignty, and the Son his people       as their surety (John 17:4, 6, 9; Isa. 42:6; Ps. 89:3).                The conditions of this covenant were, (1.) On the part of the       Father (a) all needful preparation to the Son for the       accomplishment of his work (Heb. 10:5; Isa. 42:1-7); (b) support       in the work (Luke 22:43); and (c) a glorious reward in the       exaltation of Christ when his work was done (Phil. 2:6-11), his       investiture with universal dominion (John 5:22; Ps. 110:1), his       having the administration of the covenant committed into his       hands (Matt. 28:18; John 1:12; 17:2; Acts 2:33), and in the       final salvation of all his people (Isa. 35:10; 53:10, 11; Jer.       31:33; Titus 1:2). (2.) On the part of the Son the conditions       were (a) his becoming incarnate (Gal. 4:4, 5); and (b) as the       second Adam his representing all his people, assuming their       place and undertaking all their obligations under the violated       covenant of works; (c) obeying the law (Ps. 40:8; Isa. 42:21;       John 9:4, 5), and (d) suffering its penalty (Isa. 53; 2 Cor.       5:21; Gal. 3:13), in their stead.                Christ, the mediator of, fulfils all its conditions in behalf       of his people, and dispenses to them all its blessings. In Heb.       8:6; 9:15; 12:24, this title is given to Christ. (See {DISPENSATION}.)