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) In America, a weevil (Sphenophorus zeæ) which attacks the stalk of maize near the root, often doing great damage. See Grain weevil, under Weevil.

An inner appendage to a petal or a corolla, often forming a special cup, as in the daffodil and jonquil.

ng death. -- Corpse gate, the gate of a burial place through which the dead are carried, often having a covered porch; -- called also lich gate.

o please you, Here at my house, and at my proper cost. Shak. At less cost of life than is often expended in a skirmish, [Charles V.] saved Europe from invasion. Prescott.

f its area or one quarter the area of the bend. When a single cottise is used alone it is often called a cost. See also Couple-close.

the African panther in size and habits. Its color is tawny, without spots; hence writers often called it the American lion. Called also puma, panther, mountain lion, and catamount. See Puma.

A coverlet; a cover for a bed, often stitched or broken into squares; a counterpane. See 1st Counterpane. Embroidered coverlets or counterpoints of purple silk. Sir T. North.

courage, fortitude, I have no relish of them. Shak. Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it. Addison.

er in England (Primula veris) having yellow blossoms and appearing in early spring. It is often cultivated in the United States.

er inclossed in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding with a sharp noise; - - often called firecracker.

Crape myrtle (Bot.), a very ornamental shrub (Lagerströmia Indica) from the East Indies, often planted in the Southern United States. Its foliage is like that of the myrtle, and the flower has wavy crisped petals. -- Oriental crape. See Canton crape.

e chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a gevser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.

purlike device strapped to the boot, which enables one to climb a tree or pole; -- called often telegraph creepers.

A representation of the increasing moon, often used as an emblem or badge; as:

ommonly used adjectively. Crochet hook, Crochet needle, a small hook, or a hooked needle (often of bone), used in crochet work.

An ornament often resembling curved and bent foliage, projecting from the sloping edge of a gable, spire, etc.

ences. The winter crookneck belongs to a distinct species (C. moschata) and is smooth and often striped. [U. S.]

A representation of two of the leg bones or arm bones of a skeleton, laid crosswise, often surmounted with a skull, and serving as a symbol of death. Crossbones, scythes, hourglasses, and other lugubrios emblems of mortality. Hawthorne.

Often applied, especially in the plural, to parts which are supposed to resemble a pair of legs; as, the crura of the diaphragm, a pair of muscles attached to it; crura cerebri, two bundles of nerve fibers in the base of the brain, connecting the medulla and the forebrain.

species of glass, more perfect in its composition and manufacture than common glass, and often cut into ornamental forms. See Flint glass.