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of rank; -- chiefly in the plural. [Obs.] Lords in paraments on their coursers. Chaucer. Chamber of paraments, presence chamber of a monarch.

e grammatically. Let him construe the letter into English, and parse it over perfectly. Ascham.

itch, under Mountain. -- Partridge pea (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous herb (Cassia Chamæcrista), common in sandy fields in the Eastern United States. -- Partridge shell (Zoöl.), a large marine univalve shell (Dolium perdix), having colors variegated like those of the partridge. -- Partridge wood (a) A variegat…

A term formerly applied to a short piece of chambered ordnance. [Written also paterero and peterero.]

One who is afficted with pellagra. Chambers's Encyc.

unds the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear, and separates it from the walls of the chambers in which the labyrinth lies.

Capable of being through; transparent; translucent; not opaque. [Obs.] Peacham.

The thin chambered shell attached to the anterior end of a belemnite. [Written also phragmacone.]

; to concern one's self with trivial matters rather than with those that are important. Ascham.

asonry under the stylobate of a temple, sometimes a mere foundation, sometimes containing chambers. See Illust. of Column.

A division of Foraminifera including those having a manychambered shell.

Many-chambered; -- applied to shells of Foraminifera and cephalopods. See Illust. of Nautilus.

One of the dwellers in the Cistercian convent of Port Royal des Champs, near Paris, when it was the home of the Jansenists in the 17th century, among them being Arnauld, Pascal, and other famous scholars. Cf. Jansenist.

Situated in front of the nose, or in front of the nasal chambers.

ecifically, neighborhood to the person of one of superior of exalted rank; also, presence chamber. In such a presence here to plead my thoughts. Shak. An't please your grace, the two great cardinals. Wait in the presence. Shak.

o is preëminent; as, a merchant prince; a prince of players. "The prince of learning." Peacham. Prince-Albert coat, a long double-breasted frock coat for men. -- Prince of the blood, Prince consort, Prince of darkness. See under Blood, Consort, and Darkness. -- Prince of Wales, the oldest son of the English sovereign…

Appropriated to retirement; private; not open to the public. " Privy chambers." Ezek. xxi. 14.

Situated in front of the nasal chambers.

The embryonic shell, or first chamber, of ammonites and other cephalopods.

or mint; -- specifically named from the kind of spirit used; as rum punch, claret punch, champagne punch, etc. Milk punch, a sort of punch made with spirit, milk, sugar, spice, etc. -- Punch bowl, a large bowl in which punch is made, or from which it is served. -- Roman punch, a punch frozen and served as an ice.…