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of about one hundred judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.

To increase a hundredfold.

al meningitis, Cerebro-spinal fever (Med.), a dangerous epidemic, and endemic, febrile disease, characterized by inflammation of the membranes of the brain and spinal cord, giving rise to severe headaches, tenderness of the back of the neck, paralysis of the ocular muscles, etc. It is sometimes marked by a cutaneous er…

To cease; to neglect. [Obs.] Spenser.

from it in being the starting point of a purely local process and never of a systemic disease; -- called also soft chancre.

ife, the period in the life of a woman when menstruation and the capacity for conception cease, usually occurring between forty-five and fifty years of age. -- Change ringing, the continual production, without repetition, of changes on bells, See def. 9. above. -- Change wheel (Mech.), one of a set of wheels of diffe…

Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks. Channel bar, Channel iron (Arch.), an iron bar or beam having a section resembling a flat gutter or channel. -- Channel bill (Zoöl.), a very large Australian cucko (Scythro…

An association of workmen in a printing office. Chapel of ease.

A very contagious and fatal disease of sheep, horses, and cattle. See Maligmant pustule.

That which exerts an irresistible power to please and attract; that which fascinates; any alluring quality. Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. Pope. The charm of beauty's powerful glance. Milton.

of contract in two, and giving one part to each of the contractors] (Com.), a mercantile lease of a vessel; a specific contract by which the owners of a vessel let the entire vessel, or some principal part of the vessel, to another person, to be used by the latter in transportation for his own account, either under the…

To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.

The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game.

a young woman; a maiden. "Stella is no chicken." Swift. Chicken cholera, a contagious disease of fowls; - - so called because first studied during the prevalence of a cholera epidemic in France. It has no resemblance to true cholera.

A mild, eruptive disease, generally attacking children only; varicella.

The common greasewood of the western United States (Sarcobatus vermiculatus).

e, by sudden cooling, a change of crystallization at or near the surface of, so as to increase the hardness; said of cast iron.

Having the gout in the hand, or subject to that disease. Sir. T. Browne.

One who treats diseases of the hands and feet; especially, one who removes corns and bunions.

The art of treating diseases of the hands and feet.