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full face, but nothing of the neck; -- said of the head of a beast in armorial bearing. [Written also caboshed.]

The pronghorn antelope. [Also written cabrit, cabret.]

A South American short-tailed monkey (Pithecia (or Brachyurus) melanocephala). [Written also cacajo.]

the type of a series of compounds analogous to the nitrogen compounds called hydrazines. [Written also cacodyle, and kakodyl.]

Pertaining to, or characterized by, cacography; badly written or spelled.

A Scotch errand boy, porter, or messenger. [Written also cady.] Every Scotchman, from the peer to the cadie. Macaulay.

ton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff. [Written also cader.]

A limbless amphibian belonging to the order Cæciliæ or Ophimorpha. See Ophiomorpha. [Written also coecilian.]

A sweet wine from Portugal; -- so called from the district of Carcavelhos. [Written also Calcavellos or Carcavelhos.]

A large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron. [Written also cauldron.] "Caldrons of boiling oil." Prescott.

The first day of each month in the ancient Roman calendar. [Written also kalends.] The Greek calends, a time that will never come, as the Greeks had no calends.

The tenth avatar or incarnation of the god Vishnu. [Written also Kali.]

e of the cuplike structures inclosing the zooids of certain hydroids. See Campanularian. [Written also calycle. See Calycle.]

A trull or prostitute; a scold or gossip. [Obs.] [Written also callat.]

ng parts of the Russian and Chinese empires; also (sing.), the language of the Calmucks. [Written also Kalmucks.]

Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and antiseptic. [Written also colombo, columbo, and calombo.] American calumba, the Frasera Carolinensis, also called American gentian. Its root has been used in medicine as bitter tonic in place of calumba.

A bitter principle extracted as a white crystalline substance from the calumba root. [Written also colombin, and columbin]

enta) of northwestern America, the bulbs of which are collected for food by the Indians. [Written also camas, cammas, and quamash.]

cardinal who presides over the pope's household. He has at times possessed great power. [Written also camerlengo and camarlengo.]

A light, loose dress or robe. [Also written camus.] [Obs.] All in a camis light of purple silk. Spenser.