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a horse or cat, on whose body are large patches of a color strikingly different from its main color. [Colloq. U. S.]

come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant. Call hither Clifford; bid him come amain Shak.

The substance which remains when a metal or mineral has been subjected to calcination or combustion by heat, and which is, or may be, reduced to a fine powder.

The principal grounds of a college or school, between the buildings or within the main inclosure; as, the college campus.

A sofa having a seat at each end at right angles to the main seats.

vate property, and bound only by vows of chastity and obedience so long as she chose to remain in the chapter.

bsequiously; 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 pape…

rd by clockwork so that, as it is burned away by the electric current, it shall contantly maintain its proper relation to the opposing point. -- Carbon tissue, paper coated with gelatine and pigment, used in the autotype process of photography. Abney. -- Gas carbon, a compact variety of carbon obtained as an incrusta…

The abandoned and decaying remains of some bulky and once comely thing, as a ship; the skeleton, or the uncovered or unfinished frame, of a thing. A rotten carcass of a boat. Shak.

os, which run each side of the vertebral column and returm the blood to the heart. They remain through life in some fishes. -- Cardinal virtues, preëminent virtues; among the ancients, prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude. -- Cardinal winds, winds which blow from the cardinal points due north, south, east, or…

One of the two main arteries of the neck, by which blood is conveyed from the aorta to the head.

o win; as, to carry an election. "The greater part carries it." Shak. The carrying of our main point. Addison.

vegetable kingdom. In the animal kindom it is chiefly found in milk, and constitutes the main part of the curd separated by rennet; in the vegetable kingdom it is found more or less abundantly in the seeds of leguminous plants. Its reactions resemble those of alkali albumin. [Written also caseine.]

tax or imposition an a dwelling within a certain distance of a castle, for the purpose of maintaining watch and ward in it; castle-ward.

es used in the funeral solemnities of eminent persons, for the public exhibition of the remains, or their conveyance to the place of burial.

Pertaining to an advocate, or to the maintenance and defense of suits.

paper is merely pure cellulose. Goodale. Starch cellulose, the delicate framework which remains when the soluble part (granulose) of starch is removed by saliva or pepsin. Goodale.

thickened albuminous substance which exists in the white of the bird's egg, and serves to maintain the yolk in its position; the treadle.

A chalklike concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in and about the small joints, in the external ear, and in other situations, in those affected with gout; a tophus.

agreement that he shall receive, in the event of success, a share of the matter in suit; maintenance with the addition of an agreement to divide the thing in suit. See Maintenance.