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aty; an invitation; as, a call for help; the bugle's call. "Call of the trumpet." Shak. I rose as at thy call, but found thee not. Milton.

family (Cucubalus Behen or Silene inflata), having a much inflated calyx. See Behen. -- Rose campion, a garden plant (Lychnis coronaria) with handsome crimsome crimson flowers.

A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose. To put down Richard, that sweet lovely rose. And plant this thorm, this canker, Bolingbroke. Shak. Black canker. See under Black.

The bloom or blossom of the wild rose or dog-rose.

n and oxygen atoms, but with the two latter always in proportion as to form water; as dextrose, C6H12O6.

ance, or help forward; to continue; as, to carry on a design. (b) To manage, conduct, or prosecute; as, to carry on husbandry or trade. -- To carry out. (a) To bear from within. (b) To put into execution; to bring to a successful issue. (c) To sustain to the end; to continue to the end. -- To carry through. (a) To co…

Same as Rose window and Wheel window. Called also Catherine- wheel window.

t drowning . . . According to Chysostom, the midwives frequently sold it for magic uses. Grose. I was born with a caul, which was advertised for sale, in the newspapers, at the low price of fifteen guineas. Dickens.

[R.] The Parliament would yet give his majesty sufficient caution that the war should be prosecuted. Clarendon.

A kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied to other species; as, the rose chafer.

The prosecution or defense of a suit, whether by furnishing money or personal services, by one who has no legitimate concern therein, in consideration of an 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.…

To assume as a bearing; as, he charges three roses or; to add to or represent on; as, he charges his shield with three roses or.

Having a cheek; -- used in composition. "Rose-cheeked Adonis." Shak.

sed for. Also the galanga root (from Alpinia Gallanga and Alpinia officinarum). -- China rose. (Bot.) (a) A popular name for several free-blooming varieties of rose derived from the Rosa Indica, and perhaps other species. (b) A flowering hothouse plant (Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis) of the Mallow family, common in the garde…

A bunch, knot, or rosette of ribbon or other material, used as an ornament in women's dress.

stichoides), which is much used for decoration in winter. -- Christmas flower, Christmas rose, the black hellebore, a poisonous plant of the buttercup family, which in Southern Europe often produces beautiful roselike flowers midwinter. -- Christmas tree, a small evergreen tree, set up indoors, to be decorated with b…

To shake or agitate with violence. Churned in his teeth, the foamy venom rose. Addison.

Same as Cirrose.

See Cirrose.

Cirrose.