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One of a race inhabiting the valleys of the Pyrenees, who until 1793 were political and social outcasts (Christian Pariahs). They are supposed to be a remnant of the Visigoths.

rest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc. C. Kingsley. Kane.

of or pertaining to hte portion of the which forms the eggshell in birds and reptiles. Huxley.

Hot; burning; ardent. [Obs.] Bailey.

y of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction. "Infamouse calumnies." Motley. Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. Shak.

A small cañon; a narrow valley or glen; also, but less frequently, an open valley. [Local, Western U. S.]

Of or pertaining to a cantor; as, the cantoris side of a choir; a cantoris stall. Shipley.

apable of nice investigations. More capable to discourse of battles than to give them. Motley.

A biennial plant of the Parsley family (Carum Carui). The seeds have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste. They are used in cookery and confectionery, and also in medicine as a carminative.

Low, fertile land; a river valley. [Scot.] Jomieson.

ne who carves decorative forms, architectural adornments, etc. "The carver's chisel." Dodsley. The carver of his fortunes. Sharp (Richardson's Dict. )

that fruit and seed are incorporated in one body, forming a single grain, as of wheat, barley, etc.

The act of annulling. A general cassation of their constitutions. Motley. Court of cassation, the highest court of appeal in France, which has power to quash (Casser) or reverse the decisions of the inferior courts.

One who opposes baptism, especially of infants. [Obs.] Featley.

potted white flowers and long cylindrical pods, and the C. speciosa, of the Mississipi valley; -- called also Indian bean.

a hollow, as earth on the side of a well or pit. (b) To submit; to yield. [Slang] H. Kingsley.

A plant of the Parsley family (Apium graveolens), of which the blanched leafstalks are used as a salad.

; a stop; as, a cessation of the war. The temporary cessation of the papal iniquities. Motley. The day was yearly observed for a festival by cessation from labor. Sir J. Hayward. Cessation of arms (Mil.), an armistice, or truce, agreed to by the commanders of armies, to give time for a capitulation, or for other purpos…

ackeray. A dozen honest fellows . . . chaffed each other about their sweethearts. C. Kingsley.

tes 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 projections from it, made to fit the links of a chain. -- Chain pumps. See in the Vocabulary. -- Chain rule (Arith.), a theorem for solving numerical problems by c…