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Happening or coming to pass without design, and without being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming by chance. Casual breaks, in the general system. W. Irving.

Without design; accidentally; fortuitously; by chance; occasionally.

That which comes without design or without being foreseen; contingency. Losses that befall them by mere casualty. Sir W. Raleigh.

Without any additional weight; without being handicapped; as, to ride catchweight.

The sterm of a tree., esp. a sterm without a branch, as of a palm or a tree fern; also, the pernnial rootstock of an herbaceous plant.

That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist. Cause is substance exerting its power into act, to make one thing begin to be. Locke.

Without just or sufficient reason; groundless. My fears are causeless and ungrounded. Denham.

Originally, a melody of simpler form than the aria; a song without a second part and a da capo; -- a term now variously and vaguely used.

To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason. You do not well in obstinacy To cavil in the course of this contract. Shak.

Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See Captious. His depreciatory and caviling criticism. Lewis.

Without pause or end; incessant.

termediate between that of an ointment and a plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin.

Without doubt or question; unquestionably.

The giving up or vacating a benefice by accepting another without a proper dispensation.

Without chaff.

endants, of challenging a certain number of jurors (fixed by statute in different States) without assigning any cause. -- Principal challenge, that which the law allows to be sufficient if found to be true.

A short piece of ornance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades. Air chamber. See Air chamber, in the Vocabulary. -- Chamber of commerce, a board or association to protect the interests of commerce, chosen from among the merchants and…

A kind of spider monkey (Ateles chameck), having the thumbs rudimentary and without a nail.

To happen, come, or arrive, without design or expectation. "Things that chance daily." Robynson (More's Utopia). If a bird's nest chance to be before thee. Deut. xxii. 6. I chanced on this letter. Shak.

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 different sizes and number of teeth, that may be changed or substituted one for another in machinery, to produce a dif…