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An ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or ecclesiastical vestment; as, a master's hood.

blic in 1907, and subsequently greatly revised and extended by a permanent committee or "Academy." It combines systematically the advantages of previous schemes with a thoroughly logical word formation, and has neither accented constants nor arbitrarily coined pronominal words. For each idea that root is selected which…

ught. Pope. Imperfect arch, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew arch. -- Imperfect cadence (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic, but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving complete rest; a half close. -- Imperfect consonances (Mus.), chords like the third and sixth, whose ratios are less simple…

- Indian yellow. (a) An intense rich yellow color, deeper than gamboge but less pure than cadmium. (b) See Euxanthin.

limestone (Geol.), a fresh-water limestone, largely composed of the agglomerated cases of caddice worms, or larvæ of caddice flies (Phryganea). It is found in Miocene strata of Auvergne, France, and some other localities.

A Turkish judge. See Cadi.

A huckster; a cadger. [Obs.] Halliwell.

India silk brocaded with flowers in silver or gold. -- a.

rarely, a bendlet, with pendants, or points, usually three, especially used as a mark of cadency to distinguish an eldest or only son while his father is still living.

ters; of gunpowder, twenty-four barrels, each containing 100 lbs; of red herrings, twenty cades, or 20,000; of hides, twelve dozen; of leather, twenty dickers; of pitch and tar, fourteen barrels; of wool, twelve sacks; of flax or feathers, 1,700 lbs.

The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title.

A book of legends; a tale or parrative. Read the Countess of Pembroke's "Arcadia," a gallant legendary full of pleasurable accidents. James I.

g in the tissue during life; hence, a vital alkaloid, as distinguished from a ptomaine or cadaveric poison.

Extended to a great length. The cicadæ hushed their long-drawn, ear-splitting strains. G. W. Cable.

The cicada.

A bird without beak or feet; -- generally assumed to represent a martin. As a mark of cadency it denotes the fourth son.

in the British court, having the management of the royal stables, etc. In ceremonial cavalcades he rides next to the sovereign. -- Master of the rolls, in England, an officer who has charge of the rolls and patents that pass the great seal, and of the records of the chancery, and acts as assistant judge of the court.…

ian. I wish you would, as opportunity offers, make memorandums of the regulations of the academies. Sir J. Reynolds.

The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting railroads.

Formerly, a kind of naval cadet, in a ship of war, whose business was to carry orders, messages, reports, etc., between the officers of the quarter-deck and those of the forecastle, and render other services as required.