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One who calumniates.

Containing calumny; slanderous. Montagu.

Caontaining cant or affectation; whining; singing. [R.]

A singer; esp. the leader of a church choir; a precentor. The cantor of the church intones the Te Deum. Milman.

Of or belonging to a cantor. Cantoral staff, the official staff or baton of a cantor or precentor, with which time is marked for the singers.

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

One who capitulates.

One who captures any person or thing, as a prisoner or a prize.

ile hydrocarbon, in order to confer or increase illuminating power. [Written also carburettor.]

hich air or gas is carbureted, as by passing it through a light petroleum oil. The carburetor for a gasoline engine is usually either a surface carburetor, or a float, float-feed, or spray, carburetor. In the former air is charged by being passed over the surface of gasoline. In the latter a fine spray of gasoline is d…

Checking or arresting the heart's action.

One who castigates or corrects.

Punitive in order to amendment; corrective.

Castoreum. See Castoreum.

See Saint Elmo's fire, under Saint.

The bean or seed of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi.)

of the Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi. When fresh the oil is inodorus and insipid. Castor-oil plant. Same as Palma Christi.

A variety of the mineral called petalite, from Elba.

etrating odor, found in two sacs between the anus and external genitals of the beaver; castor; -- used in medicine as an antispasmodic, and by perfumers.

A white crystalline substance obtained from castoreum.