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One who gets his living by trickery or begging. [Prov. or Slang] "The gentleman cadger." Dickens.

pean nationalities, and to appoint bishops and priests of like race and speaking the same language as the majority of the members of a diocese or congregation. This plan was successfully opposed by the American party in the Church.

Partnership; as to go in cahoot with a person. [Slang, southwestern U. S.] Bartlett.

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

The quality of being musical. He chooses his language for its rich canorousness. Lowell.

Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies, thieves. tramps, or beggars.

One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language. The day when he was a canter and a rebel. Macaulay.

d for ladies' scarfs, shawls, bonnet trimmings, etc.; -- called also Oriental crape. De Colange.

A Canadian. [Slang]

To salute by removing the cap. [Slang. Eng.] Tom . . . capped the proctor with the profoundest of bows. Thackeray.

A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers [Slang, U. S.].

A flanged wheel of a railway car or truck.

ly, which, combined with positive or basic atoms or radicals, forms carbonates. On common language the term is very generally applied to a compound of carbon and oxygen, CO2, more correctly called carbon dioxide. It is a colorless, heavy, irrespirable gas, extinguishing flame, and when breathed destroys life. It can be…

affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness. Wooed her with his soft caresses. Langfellow. He exerted himself to win by indulgence and caresses the hearts of all who were under his command. Macaulay.

Any species of Phalangium; -- also called harvestman.

To vomit. [Slang] Smollett.

The Spanish language as spoken in Castile.

A native or inbabitant of Catalonia; also, the language of Catalonia. Catalan furnace, Catalan forge (Metal.), a kind of furnace for producing wrought iron directly from the ore. It was formerly much used, esp. in Catalonia, and is still used in some parts of the United States and elsewhere.

predicaments -- the former a Greek word, the latter its literal translation in the Latin language -- were intended by Aristotle and his followers as an enumeration of all things capable of being named; an enumeration by the summa genera i.e., the most extensive classes into which things could be distributed. J. S. Mil…

Severity of language; sarcasm; as, the causticity of a reply or remark.