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e resembling wood (wood tin), also in rolled fragments or pebbly (Stream tin). It is the chief source of metallic tin. See Black tin, under Black.

To dismiss; to discard; to cashier. [Obs.] The state can not with safety casthim.

A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly hold intercourse among themselves. The tinkers then formed an hereditary caste. Macaulay. To lose caste, to be degraded from the caste to which one has belonged; to lose social position or consideration.

To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief. "They pursued . . . and caught him." Judg. i. 6.

A concave molding; -- used chiefly in classical architecture. See Illust. of Calumn.

genus Capsicum, esp. C. annuum and C. Frutescens; -- Called also red pepper. It is used chiefly as a condiment.

A chief or petty king among some tribes of Indians in America.

A cincture, girdle, or belt; -- chiefly used in English as a dressmaking term.

the old red sandstone or Devonian formation. The head is large, and protected by a broad shield-shaped helmet prolonged behind into two lateral points.

Having a head; -- applied chiefly to the Cephalata, a division of mollusks.

es, If you find them decked with ceremonies. . . . Let no images Be hung with Cæsar's trophies. Shak.

An official seat, as of a chief magistrate or a judge, but esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself. The chair of a philosophical school. Whewell. A chair of philology. M. Arnold.

ece of ornance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades. Air chamber. See Air chamber, in the Vocabulary. -- Chamber of commerce, a board or association to protect the interests of commerce, chosen from among the merchants and traders of…

highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising 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.

The chief singer of the chantry. J. Gregory.

a bearing; as, he charges three roses or; to add to or represent on; as, he charges his shield with three roses or.

A chief of head person.

See Chiefage. [Obs.]

A variant of Chieftain. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Achievement; deed; performance. [Obs.] Fortune, the foe of famous chevisance. Spenser.