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A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head. Johnson.

ar quality, or the sum of qualities, by which a person or a thing is distinguished from others; the stamp impressed by nature, education, or habit; that which a person or thing really is; nature; disposition. The character or that dominion. Milton. Know well each Ancient's proper character; His fable, subject, scope in…

Liberal in judging of others; disposed to look on the best side, and to avoid harsh judgment.

disposition which inclines men to put the best construction on the words and actions of others. The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable. Buckminster.

A hairlike envelope. The nucleus and chevelure of nebulous star. Sir. W. Hershel.

head man, as of a tribe, clan, or family; a person in authority who directs the work of others; the pricipal actio or agent.

One who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker.

en cooling while solidifying; as, some kinds of cast iron chill to a greater depth than others.

The thing or person chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others; selection. The common wealth is sick of their own choice. Shak.

Act of cutting by strokes. Chopping block, a solid block of wood on which butchers and others chop meat, etc. -- Chopping knife, a knife for chopping or mincing meat, vegetables, etc.; -- usually with a handle at the back of the blade instead of at the end.

One who describes or makes a map of a district or region. "The chorographers of Italy." Sir T. Browne.

; esp., the principles of this nature advocated by F. D. Maurice, Charles Kingsley, and others in England about 1850. -- Christian socialist.

To imbue with or adapt to Christian principles. Christianized philosophers. I. Taylor.

2process, invented by Sir J.Herschel.

(Scomber colias) in some years found in abundance on the Atlantic coast, but absent in others; -- called also bull mackerel, thimble-eye, and big-eye mackerel. -- Chub sucker (Zoöl.), a fresh-water fish of the United States (Erimyzon sucetta); -- called also creekfish.

, characterized by having cilia. In some species the cilia cover the body generally, in others they form a band around the mouth.

character in general, as a figure or letter. [Obs.] This wisdom began to be written in ciphers and characters and letters bearing the forms of creatures. Sir W. Raleigh.

One who ciphers.

Tufted; -- said of certain feathers of birds.

words; also, the passage or words quoted; quotation. This horse load of citations and fathers. Milton.