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genus of plants (Ruscus); esp. R. aculeatus, which has large red berries and leaflike branches. See Cladophyll.

The mass of stone or solid work at the end of a bridge, by which the extreme arches are sustained, or by which the end of a bridge without arches is supported. Butment cheek (Carp.), the part of a mortised timber surrounding the mortise, and against which the shoulders of the tenon bear. Knight.

es; a whisperer; a talebearer. And wants not buzzers to infect his ear With pestilent speeches of his father's death. Shak.

An incidental or casual speech, not directly relating to the point. "To quote by-speeches." Hooker.

at every letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture contains a hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means.

A little cable less than ten inches in circumference.

in three-four time, resembing the bolero. [Sometimes in English spelled cachuca (.] The orchestra plays the cachucha. Logfellow.

pear and the night-blooming cereus. See Cereus. They usually have leafless stems and branches, often beset with clustered thorns, and are mostly natives of the warmer parts of America. Cactus wren (Zoöl.), an American wren of the genus Campylorhynchus, of several species.

A small box, can, or chest to keep tea in.

ency to fall; the feebleness of old age; senility. [R.] [A] jumble of youth and caducity. Chesterfield.

A chest to hold ammunition.

ty in a manege ground down which a horse is made to gallop, to give suppleness to his haunches.

of, calico; -- often applied to an animal, as a horse or cat, on whose body are large patches of a color strikingly different from its main color. [Colloq. U. S.]

and reformer of the 16th century) and his followers, or of the so-called calvinistic churches.

the northern part of the United States. The Calypso borealis is the only orchid which reaches 68º N.

e revolve so as to expose adjacent parts of the plate successively to the light, which reaches it through a narrow vertical slit; -- used in photographing broad landscapes. Abney.

A large candlestick, having several branches.

The sulter's shop in a garrison; also, a chest containing culinary and other vessels for officers.

teemed for the delicacy of its flesh. It visits the United States in autumn; particularly Chesapeake Bay and adjoining waters; -- so named from the markings of the plumage on its back.

A small traveling case or bandbox; formerly, a chest. A capcase for your linen and your plate. Beau. & Fl.