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A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; -- originaly called xyl…

e; one or some; -- sometimes used independenty as a noun, and meaning certain persons. It came to pass when he was 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.

Vexation; irritation of mind; rage. The cardinal in a chafe sent for him to Whitehall. Camden.

See Camlet. [Obs.]

See Camomile.

An edible species of mushroom (Agaricus campestris). Fairy ring champignon, the Marasmius oreades, which has a strong flavor but is edible.

The operation or activity of such agent. By chance a priest came down that way. Luke x. 31.

g jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; but under the jurisdiction act of 1873 it became the chancery division of the High Court of Justice, and now exercises jurisdiction only in equity.

A horse for battle or parade. Macaulay. And furious every charger neighed. Campbell.

as child. I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 1. Cor. xii. 11.

The tumid upper lip of certain mammals, as of a camel.

hurch government, and baptize by immersion. They are also called Disciples of Christ, and Campbellites.

A camera for taking chronophotographs for exhibition by the instrument described above.

y a common tie; a class or division of society; a coterie; a set. As his name gradually became known, the circle of his acquaintance widened. Macaulay.

ticular situation; to suppy relative incidents. The poet took the matters of fact as they came down to him and circumstanced them, after his own manner. Addison.

A line of field works made around a besieged place and the besieging army, to protect the camp of the besiegers against the attack of an enemy from without.

ht or title; to have a claim. We must know how the first ruler, from whom any one claims, came by his authority. Locke.

tor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan of Macdonald. "I have marshaled my clan." Campbell.

wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of Bell. Clapper rail (Zoöl.), an Americam species of rail (Rallus scepitans).

Without miscarriage; not bunglingly; dexterously. [Obs.] "Pope came off clean with Homer." Henley.