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s, or of a general expression of surprise or approbation. "The constant buzz of a fly." Macaulay.

he wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has a compact head of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, etc., are sometimes classed as cabbages.

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

rvilely flattered and courted by Cæsar on one side and by Louis the Great on the other. Macaulay.

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

a perpetual call upon hummanity. Addison. Running into danger without any call of duty. Macaulay.

A kind of head covering; a caul. [Obs.] Chaucer.

oning or convocation, as of Parliament. The frequent calling and meeting of Parlaiment. Macaulay.

Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible. "The callous diplomatist." Macaulay. It is an immense blessing to be perfectly callous to ridicule. T. Arnold.

ers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc. The camp broke up with the confusion of a flight. Macaulay.

To beat with a cane. Macaulay.

s to goodness; one who uses canting language. The day when he was a canter and a rebel. Macaulay.

ughness of the see. Goldsmith. Light, rich as that which glows on the canvas of Claude. Macaulay.

nment; the chief city or town in a country; a metropolis. "A busy and splendid capital" Macauly.

Of or pertaining to the Capitol in Rome. "Capitolian Jove." Macaulay. Capitoline games (Antiq.), annual games instituted at Rome by Camillus, in honor of Jupter Capitolinus, on account of the preservation of the Capitol from the Gauls; when reinstituted by Domitian, arter a period of neglect, they were held every fifth…

s, an army or a garrison capitulates. The Irish, after holding out a week, capitulated. Macaulay.

character; as, Washington's career as a soldier. An impartial view of his whole career. Macaulay.

himself to win by indulgence and caresses the hearts of all who were under his command. Macaulay.

that has most of the look of a caricature. I. Taylor. A grotesque caricature of virtue. Macaulay.

Flesh of slain animals or men. A miltitude of dogs came to feast on the carnage. Macaulay.