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ected upon a plane surface, as of paper or canvas, so that the outlines may conveniently traced. It is generally used with the microscope.

ocus of the lens or mirror within a darkened chamber, or box, so that the oulines may be traced.

ge of fishes, and characterized by the vegatation which formed the coal beds. This age embraces three periods, the Subcarboniferous, the Carboniferous, and Permian. See Age of acrogens, under Acrogen. -- Carboniferous formation (Geol.), the series of rocks (including sandstones, shales, limestones, and conglomerates,…

A race course: the ground run over. To go back again the same career. Sir P. Sidney.

Pertaining to, founded by, of descended from, Charlemagne; as, the Carlovingian race of kings.

; behavior; bearing; deportment; personal manners. His gallant carriage all the rest did grace. Stirling.

idst of. (b) To support to the end; to sustain, or keep from falling, or being subdued. "Grace will carry us . . . through all difficulties." Hammond. (c) To complete; to bring to a succesful issue; to succeed. -- To carry up, to convey or extend in an upward course or direction; to build. -- To carry weight. (a) To…

One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in the shrouds toward the masts so a to give freer sweep to the yards.

A race course.

A slight remembrance; a trace. We retain a catch of those pretty stories. Glanvill.

Of or pertaining to the white races of mankind, of whom the people about Mount Caucasus were formerly taken as the type.

An annual variety of Brassica oleracea, or cabbage of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.

One of an ancient race of people, who formerly inhabited a great part of Central and Western Europe, and whose descendants at the present day occupy Ireland, Wales, the Highlands of Scotland, and the northern shores of France. [Written also Kelt. The letter C was pronounced hard in Celtic languages.]…

Form or development of the skull; as, the races of man differ greatly in cephalism.

as in a certain city. Luke. v. 12. About everything he wrote there was a certain natural grace und decorum. Macaulay. For certain, assuredly. -- Of a certain, certainly.

iage for two persons, with a calash top, and the body hung on leather straps, or thoroughbraces. It is usually drawn by one horse.

To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.

To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle. To cherish virtue and humanity. Burke.

The Indian four-horned antelope (Tetraceros quadricornis).

The exterior or under surface embraced between the branches of the lower jaw bone, in birds.