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he sea, now with hoarse cadence lull Seafaring men o'erwatched. Milton. The accents . . . were in passion's tenderest cadence. Sir W. Scott.

One of a race inhabiting the valleys of the Pyrenees, who until 1793 were political and social outcasts (Christian Pariahs). They are supposed to be a remnant of the Visigoths.

atic taste, and is used in medicine as a stomachic; the leaves have an aromatic odor, and were formerly used instead of rushes to strew on floors.

A light carriage with low wheels, having a top or hood that can be raised or lowered, seats for inside, a separate seat for the driver, and often a movable front, so that it can be used as either an open or a close carriage. The baroness in a calash capable of holding herself, her two children, and her servants. W. Irv…

The principle of heat, or the agent to which the phenomena of heat and combustion were formerly ascribed; -- not now used in scientific nomenclature, but sometimes used as a general term for heat. Caloric expands all bodies. Henry.

eves, often as large as life, and sometimes surrounded by figures of other personages who were present at the crucifixion.

A blue-flowered liliaceous plant (Camassia esculenta) of northwestern America, the bulbs of which are collected for food by the Indians. [Written also camas, cammas, and quamash.]

To annul or destroy; to revoke or recall. The indentures were canceled. Thackeray. He was unwilling to cancel the interest created through former secret services, by being refractory on this occasion. Sir W. Scott.

regulation, code, or constitution made by ecclesiastical authority. Various canons which were made in councils held in the second centry. Hock.

ral kinds, formerly given by a dishop to traveling clergymam or laymen, to show that they were entitled to receive the cammunion, and to distinguish them from heretics. -- Canonical life, the method or rule of living prescribed by the ancient cleargy who lived in community; a course of living prescribed for the clergy…

primate of all England), and contains the shrine of Thomas à Becket, to which pilgrimages were formerly made.

inting in oil. History . . . does not bring out clearly upon the canvas the details which were familiar. J. H. Newman.

he Capitol from the Gauls; when reinstituted by Domitian, arter a period of neglect, they were held every fifth year.

Set with carbuncles. He has deserves it [armor], were it carbuncled Like holy Phabus' car. Shak.

ard; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game played with cards. Our first cards were to Carabas House. Thackeray.

A quarter of a crown. [Obs.] The bunch of them were not worth a cardecu. Sir W. Scott.

sometimes followed by an objective of measure. I would not care a pin, if the other three were in. Shak. Master, carest thou not that we perish Mark. iv. 38. To care for. (a) To have under watchful attention; to take care of.

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

A jovial feast or festival; a drunken revel; a carouse. The swains were preparing for a carousal. Sterne.

one's person; to bear; as, to carry a wound; to carry an unborn child. If the ideas . . . were carried along with us in our minds. Locke.