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cal lamp, for lighthouses, in which a superbundance of oil is pumped to the wick tube by clockwork.

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

nd; to carry an unborn child. If the ideas . . . were carried along with us in our minds. Locke.

The goldilocks (Chrysocoma linosyris) and perhaps other plants related to the genus Gnaphalium or cudweed.

ome; inharmonius. "I am sure we have lived a cat and dog life of it." Coleridge. -- Cat block (Naut.), a heavy iron-strapped block with a large hook, part of the tackle used in drawing an anchor up to the cathead. -- Cat hook (Naut.), a strong hook attached to a cat block. -- Cat nap, a very short sleep. [Colloq.] -…

Passing opportunities seized; snatches. It has been writ by catches with many intervals. Locke.

not exist. Cause is substance exerting its power into act, to make one thing begin to be. Locke.

ut.), an opening in the deck, lined with iron, through which the cable is passed into the lockers or tiers. -- Chain plate (Shipbuilding), one of the iron plates or bands, on a vessel's side, to which the standing rigging is fastened. -- Chain pulley, a pulley with depressions in the periphery of its wheel, or projec…

s forms a chain on the under side of the work; the loop stitch, as distinguished from the lock stitch. See Stitch.

nswer; to defy. I challenge any man to make any pretense to power by right of fatherhood. Locke.

A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as, the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the chamber of the eye.

A key adapted to open only one of a set of locks; -- distinguished from a master key.

carte that charged was with hay. Chaucer. The charging of children's memories with rules. Locke.

The quality of being chargeable or expensive. [Obs.] Whitelocke.

here there are a great sellers to a few buyers, there the thing to be sold will be cheap. Locke.

either is disabled for the future, or else checks at any vigorous undertaking ever after. Locke.

ion of the cheeks of certain monkeys and rodents, used for holding food. -- Cheeks of a block, the two sides of the shell of a tackle block. -- Cheeks of a mast, the projection on each side of a mast, upon which the trestletrees rest. -- Cheek tooth (Anat.), a hinder or molar tooth. -- Butment cheek. See under Butm…

One who uses chicanery. Locke.

onnet, Chip hat, a bonnet or a hat made of Chip. See Chip, n., 3. -- A chip off the old block, a child who resembles either of his parents. [Colloq.] Milton.- Potato chips, Saratoga chips, thin slices of raw potato fried crisp.

or breaking off small pieces, as in dressing iron with a chisel, or reducing a timber or block of stone to shape.