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The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). It has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which, after death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance called spermaceti. See Sperm whale.

One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine (Entada scandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc.

ining to landed property. Cadastral survey, or Cadastral map, a survey, map, or plan on a large scale (Usually topographical map, which exaggerates the dimensions of houses and the breadth of roads and streams, for the sake of distinctness. Brande & C.

A large pear, shaped like a flattened top, used chiefly for cooking. Johnson.

The blind part of the large intestine beyond the entrance of the small intestine; -- called also the blind gut.

A light skiff or rowboat used on the Bosporus; also, a Levantine vessel of larger size.

gourd. Calabash tree. (Bot.), a tree of tropical America (Crescentia cujete), producing a large gourdike fruit, containing a purgative pulp. Its hard shell, after the removal of the pulp, is used for cups, bottles, etc. The African calabash tree is the baobab.

A large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron. [Written also cauldron.] "Caldrons of boiling oil." Prescott.

A small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man.

apperance of, calico; -- often applied to an animal, as a horse or cat, on whose body are large patches of a color strikingly different from its main color. [Colloq. U. S.]

A voltaic battery, having a large surface of plate, and producing powerful heating effects.

ifixion, consisting of three crosses with the figures of Christ and the thieves, often as large as life, and sometimes surrounded by figures of other personages who were present at the crucifixion.

vate tentacles. An aboral sucker serves for attachment. The interior is divided into four large compartments. See Lucernarida.

A genus of gigantic American Jurassic dinosaurs, having large cavities in the bodies of the dorsal vertebræ.

A large ruminant used in Asia and Africa for carrying burdens and for riding. The camel is remarkable for its ability to go a long time without drinking. Its hoofs are small, and situated at the extremities of the toes, and the weight of the animal rests on the callous. The dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) has one bunch…

ve a strong and fragrant and a bitter, aromatic taste. They are tonic, febrifugal, and in large doses emetic, and the volatile oil is carminative.

An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills. SeeChampaign. Grath.

A large genus of plants bearing bell-shaped flowers, often of great beauty; -- also called bellflower.

irement, and opportunity of serious thoughts, to a person whose spirit . . . desires no enlargement beyond the cancels of the body. Jer. Taylor.

A large candlestick, having several branches.