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A capillary blood vessel. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

A bush of hair; frizzing of the hair. Clarke.

In the shape or form of, a hair, or of hairs.

Having much hair; hairy. [R.]

A chime of bells diatonically tuned, played by clockwork or by finger keys.

A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton Eleutheria); also, its aromatic bark. Cascarilla bark (or Cascarila) (Med.), the bark of Croton Eleutheria. It has an aromatic odor and a warm, spicy, bitter taste, and when burnt emits a musky odor. It is used as a gentle tonic, and sometimes, for the sake of its fragrance, m…

A white, crystallizable, bitter substance extracted from oil of cascarilla.

Of or pertaining to Castile, in Spain.

ly, the larval state of other insects, as the sawflies, which are also called false caterpillars. The true caterpillars have three pairs of true legs, and several pairs of abdominal fleshy legs (prolegs) armed with hooks. Some are hairy, others naked. They usually feed on leaves, fruit, and succulent vegetables, being…

n of the Devonian age in America. The rocks of this period are well developed in the Catskill mountains, and extend south and west under the Carboniferous formation. See the Diagram under Geology.

One who cavils. Cavilers at the style of the Scriptures. Boyle.

Frivolous or sophistical objection. [Obs.] Hooker.

Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbing. [R.] -- Cav"il*ous*ly, adv. [R.] -- Cav"il*ous*ness, n. [R.]

A mark placed under the letter c [thus, ç], to show that it is to be sounded like s, as in façade.

, for the trimimg of ladies' dresses, for embroidery and fringes, and for the weft of chenille rugs.

of cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering. "[A] wintry chill." W. Irving.

Hardened on the surface or edge by chilling; as, chilled iron; a chilled wheel.

See Chili.

A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness.

Making chilly or cold; depressing; discouraging; cold; distant; as, a chilling breeze; a chilling manner. -- Chill"ing"ly, adv.