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of a studious turn acquire any degree of reputation for their knowledge of business. Bp. Popteus.

Wearing buskins. Her buskined virgins traced the dewy lawn. Pope.

Ambition sighed: she found it vain to trust The faithless column, and the crumbling bust. Pope.

baker of the king of Egypt. Gen. xl. 5. Your wine locked up, your butler strolled abroad. Pope.

ng labors both by sea and land he bore. Dryden. By land, by water, they renew the charge. Pope.

To ease the body by stool; to go to stool. Pope.

ords, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables. "Cacophonies of all kinds." Pope.

Dropping off or disappearing early, as the calyx of a poppy, or the gills of a tadpole.

exercised by a single person, to whom, as Cæsar or emperor, it has been committed by the popular will; imperialism; also, advocacy or support of such a system of government.

A plan proposed to the Pope in 1891 by P. P. Cahensly, a member of the German parliament, to divide the foreign-born population of the United States, for ecclesiastical purposes, according to European nationalities, and to appoint bishops and priests of like race and speaking the same language as the majority of the me…

of quadrupeds. Also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and whale.

A popular name given to a few species of the genus Careopsis, especially to C. tinctoria of Arkansas.

ranquil; quiet in act or speech. "Calm and sinless peace." Milton. "With calm attention." Pope. Such calm old age as conscience pure And self-commanding hearts ensure. Keble.

The papal chamberlain; the cardinal who presides over the pope's household. He has at times possessed great power. [Written also camerlengo and camarlengo.]

f herbs (Anthemis) of the Composite family. The common camomile, A. nobilis, is used as a popular remedy. Its flowers have a strong and fragrant and a bitter, aromatic taste. They are tonic, febrifugal, and in large doses emetic, and the volatile oil is carminative.

A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by ecclesiastical authority. Various canons which were made in councils held in the second centry. Hock.

a rebus alluding to the name of the bearer. Thus, the Castletons bear three castles, and Pope Adrian IV. (Nicholas Breakspeare) bore a broken spear.

Of or pertaining to a chapter; capitulary. From the pope to the member of the capitular body. Milman.

up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc.

or address; a captivating quality; an attraction. [Obs.] Without any of those dresses, or popular captations, which some men use in their speeches. Eikon Basilike.