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The private orchestra or band of a prince or of a church.

The practice of hanging, upon the cultivated fig tree, branches of the wild fig infested with minute hymenopterous insects.

handspike.. -- To pawl the capstan, to drop the pawls so that they will catch in the notches of the pawl ring, and prevent the capstan from turning back. -- To rig the capstan, to prepare the for use, by putting the bars in the sockets. -- To surge the capstan, to slack the tension of the rope or cable wound around…

Inclosed in a capsule, or as in a chest or box.

bs.] Without any of those dresses, or popular captations, which some men use in their speeches. Eikon Basilike.

One of a group of compounds including the sugars, starches, and gums, which contain six (or some multiple of six) carbon atoms, united with a variable number of hydrogen and oxygen atoms, but with the two latter always in proportion as to form water; as dextrose, C6H12O6.

An instrument which, when placed in contact with the chest, will register graphically the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements.

or management, implying responsibility for safety and prosperity. The care of all the churches. 2 Car. xi. 28 Him thy care must be to find. Milton. Perlexed with a thousand cares. Shak.

A kind of pleasure carriage; a coach. [Obs.] To mount two-wheeled caroches. Butler.

Adorned with sculptured leaves and branches.

dney-shaped nut, grows at the extremity of an edible, pear-shaped hypocarp, about three inches long. Casbew nut, the large, kidney-shaped fruit of the cashew, which is edible after the caustic oil has been expelled from the shell by roasting the nut.

A small chest or box, esp. of rich material or ornamental character, as for jewels, etc. The little casket bring me hither. Shak.

A garment resembling a long frock coat worn by the clergy of certain churches when officiating, and by others as the usually outer garment.

A genus of nut-bearing trees or shrubs including the chestnut and chinquapin.

A piece, made to represent a castle, used in the game of chess; a rook. Castle in the air, a visionary project; a baseless scheme; an air castle; -- sometimes called a castle in Spain (F. Château en Espagne).

To be held or impeded by entanglement or a light obstruction; as, a kite catches in a tree; a door catches so as not to open.

One who, or that which, catches.

Consisting of, or occuring in, disconnected parts or snatches; changeable; as, a catchy wind.

rs along its sides, as in the willow and poplar, and (as to the staminate flowers) in the chestnut, oak, hickory, etc. -- so called from its resemblance to a cat's tail. See Illust. of Ament.

A chest with holes for keeping fish alive in water. Philips.