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akin to D. koopman, Sw. köpman, Dan. kiöpmand, G. kaufmann.f. Chap to 1. One who buys and sells; a merchant; a buyer or a seller. The word of life is a quick commodity, and ought not, as a drug to be obtruded on those chapmen who are unwilling

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akin to D. koopman, Sw. köpman, Dan. kiöpmand, G. kaufmann.f. Chap to 1. One who buys and sells; a merchant; a buyer or a seller. 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.

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    A lively, spirited march; also, a lively style of dancing.
  • UNWILL
    To annul or reverse by an act of the will. Longfellow.
  • MERCHANTRY
    1. The body of merchants taken collectively; as, the merchantry of a country. 2. The business of a merchant; merchandise. Walpole.
  • BUYER
    One who buys; a purchaser.
  • QUICKNESS
    1. The condition or quality of being quick or living; life. Touch it with thy celestial quickness. Herbert. 2. Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion; speed; celerity; as, quickness of wit. This deed . . . must send thee hence With
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    To quicken; to make alive. Dr. H. More.
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