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The weight by which precious stones and pearls are weighed.

substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is combustible, and forms the base of lampblack and charcoal, and enters largely into mineral coals. In its pure crystallized state it constitutes the diamond, the hardest of known substances, occuring in…

A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone. It has eight scepters or staves radiating from a common center. Called also escarbuncle.

. The careful cold beinneth for to creep. Spenser. By Him that raised me to this careful height. Shak.

The lading or freight of a ship or other vessel; the goods, merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a vessel or boat; load; freight. Cargoes of food or clothing. E. Everett.

ges between the forearm, or antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of eight short bones disposed in two rows.

o carry up, to convey or extend in an upward course or direction; to build. -- To carry weight. (a) To be handicapped; to have an extra burden, as when one rides or runs. "He carries weight, he rides a race" Cowper. (b) To have influence.

ess of transporting goods, etc., from one place or country to another by water or land; freighting. We are rivals with them in . . . the carrying trade. Jay.

To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh. Weigh anchor, cast to starboard. Totten.

n there was an equal vote, the governor had the casting voice." B. Trumbull. -- Casting weight, a weight that turns a balance when exactly poised.

Having a castle or castles; supporting a castle; as, a castled height or crag.

without being foreseen; contingency. Losses that befall them by mere casualty. Sir W. Raleigh.

A machine for raising or lowering heavy weights.

An instrument for the accurate measurement of small differences of height; esp. of the differences in the height of the upper surfaces of two columns of mercury or other fluid, or of the same column at different times. It consists of a telescopic leveling apparatus (d), which slides up or down a perpendicular metallic…

An East Indian Weight of 11/3 pounds.

In the Corinthian capital, one of the eight stalks rising out of the lower leafage and terminating in leaves which seem to suport the volutes. See Illust. of Corinthian order, under Corinthian.

discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general. What counsel give you in this weighty cause! Shak.

A work of more that ordinary heigh, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.

Height; altitude. [Obs.]

on their writings or manners. A dogmatical spirit inclines a man to be consorious of his neighbors. Watts.