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all; the feebleness of old age; senility. [R.] [A] jumble of youth and caducity. Chesterfield.

rriage for conveying ammunition, consisting of two parts, a body and a limber. In light field batteries there is one caisson to each piece, having two ammunition boxes on the body, and one on the limber. Farrow.

Lime-yielding; calciferous

among sailors, which sometimes led the affected person to imagine the sea to be a green field, and to throw himself into it.

lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held. [Writting also calque]

Like a calf; stupid. Sheldon.

a sutler, servant, etc. -- Camp meeting, a religious gathering for open-air preaching, held in some retired spot, chiefty by Methodists. It usualy last for several days, during which those present lodge in tents, temporary houses, or cottages. -- Camp stool, the same as camp chair, except that the stool has no back.…

A mouse (Arvicala agrestis), called also meadow mouse, which often does great damage in fields and gardens, by feeding on roots and seeds.

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

Relating to an open fields; drowing in a field; growing in a field, or open ground.

e or disguise; frankness; sincerity. Attribute superior sagacity and candor to those who held that side of the question. Whewell.

onstitution made by ecclesiastical authority. Various canons which were made in councils held in the second centry. Hock.

A division of a shield occupying one third part of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top of the shield, meeting a horizontal line from the side. The king gave us the arms of England to be borne in a canton in our arms. Evelyn.

Having a charge in each of the four corners; -- said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself.

itol from the Gauls; when reinstituted by Domitian, arter a period of neglect, they were held every fifth year.

A castrated cock, esp. when fattened; a male chicken gelded to improve his flesh for the table. Shak. The merry thought of a capon. W. Irving.

Made prisoner, especially in war; held in bondage or in confinement. A poor, miserable, captive thrall. Milton.

(with a mixture of scarlet) called by the Greeks anthrax; found in the East Indies. When held up to the sun, it loses its deep tinge, and becomes of the color of burning coal. The name belongs for the most part to ruby sapphire, though it has been also given to red spinel and garnet.

To exalt to the office of a cardinal. Sheldon.

knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of the drawing room; an effeminate person. Shak. (b) One made a knight, for some other than military distinction or service. -- Carpet moth (Zoöl.), the larva of an insect which feeds on carpets and other woolen goods…