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A kind of sofa for two person. A tête-a-tête.

(Astron.) A northern constellation near the pole. Its head, which is in the Milky Way, is marked by a triangle formed by three stars of the fourth magnitude. See Cassiopeia.

A genus of plants of the Cactus family. They are natives of America, from California to Chili.

A greenish blue pigment prepared in various ways, consisting essentially of cobalt stannate. Unlike other cobalt blues, it does not change color by gaslight.

A Carthusian monastery; esp. La Grande Chartreuse, mother house of the order, in the mountains near Grenoble, France.

A Carthusian.

An attendant upon persons of rank or wealth, wearing a plume and sword. The great chasseur who had announced her arrival. W. Irving.

[pl.] (F. Hist.)

A woman chauffeur.

A masterpiece; a capital work in art, literature, etc.

The ninth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of November with a part of December.

Same as Chloroplastid.

a trochee.

A chromoplastid.

One of the claque employed to applaud at a theater.

See King-at-arms.

The frontal plate of the head of an insect.

An extinct genus of Devonian ganoid fishes, having the broad plates about the head studded with berrylike tubercles.

A hairdresser.

A plant of several species of the Mint family, cultivated for its bright-colored or variegated leaves.