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A white wax, made by bleaching and purifying ozocerite, and used as a substitute for beeswax.

A waxy substance obtained from the bark of the sugar cane, and crystallizing in delicate white laminæ.

See Kamsin.

The art of ornamenting metal by means of chasing tools; also, a piece of ornamental work produced in this way.

The quality of being cheesy.

A genus of freshwater leeches, furnished with a proboscis. They feed upon mollusks and worms.

The quality of being clusy. The drudging part of life is chiefly owing to clumsiness and ignorance. Collier.

Curved; bent; as, compassing timbers.

Pertaining to, or used in, composition. Composing frame (Print.), a stand for holding cases of type when in use. -- Composing rule (Print.), a thin slip of brass or steel, against which the type is arranged in a composing stick, or by the aid of which stickfuls or handfuls or type are lifted; -- called also setting ru…

Collateral relationship or kindred by blood; consanguinity. Burrill.

The sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.

of the head of a screw or bolt below the surface, either wholly or in part; as, to countersink a hole for a screw.

A relative from the country visiting the city and unfamiliar with city manners and sights.

The pursuit or running game with dogs that follow by sight instead of by scent. In coursing of a deer, or hart, with greyhounds. Bacon

In English writs, etc., issued by the crown, it signifies any earl. My noble lords and cousins, all, good morrow. Shak.

A first cousin. See Note under Cousin, 1.

Relationship; kinship. [Obs.] Wyclif.

The state or condition of a cousin; also, the collective body of cousins; kinsfolk.

Like or becoming a cousin.

A body or collection of cousins; the whole number of persons who stand in the relation of cousins to a given person or persons.