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shroom (Agaricus campestris). Fairy ring champignon, the Marasmius oreades, which has a strong flavor but is edible.

; to lay the responsibility (for something said or done) at the door of. If the did that wrong you charge with. Tennyson.

To act as a curb or restraint. It [his presence] checks too strong upon me. Dryden.

A heavy, colorless liquid, CCl3.NO2, of a strong pungent odor, obtained by subjecting picric acid to the action of chlorine. [Written also chloropikrin.]

To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling. "I was choked at this word." Swift.

Indistinct in utterance, as the voice of a person affected with strong emotion.

Inclined to choke, as a person affected with strong emotion. "A deep and choky voice." Aytoun. The allusion to his mother made Tom feel rather chokey. T. Hughes.

r, allied to napthalene and anthracene. It is a white crystalline substance, C18H12, of strong blue fluorescence, but generally colored yellow by impurities.

A strong saddle girth, as of canvas. [West. U. S.]

nding; inclosing or being on all sides; encompassing. "The circumambient heaven." J. Armstrong.

Lying round; borderong on every side. T. Fuller.

ommanding the city and fortifications, and intended as a final point of defense. Syn. - Stronghold. See Fortress.

pouch of the civet (Viverra civetta). It is of clear yellowish or brownish color, of a strong, musky odor, offensive when undiluted, but agreeble when a small portion is mixed with another substance. It is used as a perfume.

from criminal proceedings. Civil action, an action to enforce the rights or redress the wrongs of an individual, not involving a criminal proceeding. -- Civil architecture, the architecture which is employed in constructing buildings for the purposes of civil life, in distinction from military and naval architecture,…

Strong pinchers or forceps.

An instrument of iron, with sharp prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice; a creeper. Kane.

s; -- usually expressing a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink. But not in chains to pine, His spirit withered with tyeur clank. Byron.

To unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to adhere with strong attachment. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife. Gen. ii. 24. Cleave unto the Lord your God. Josh. xxiii. 8.

A double bar marking the end. At every close she made, the attending throng Replied, and bore the burden of the song. Dryden.

Headstrong; obstinate. [Obs.] Brockett.