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Same as Bunyon.

Same as Borrel.

surfaces of metal (Engin.), to fuse and unite them by pouring over them a quantity of the same metal in a liquid state. -- To burn a bowl (Game of Bowls), to displace it accidentally, the bowl so displaced being said to be burned. -- To burn daylight, to light candles before it is dark; to waste time; to perform supe…

le. -- Burning mirror, a concave mirror, or a combination of plane mirrors, used for the same purpose as a burning glass.

Same as Borrel.

An exchange, for merchants and bankers, in the cities of continental Europe. Same as Bourse.

A military headdress or cap, used in the British army. It is of fur, with a bag, of the same color as the facings of the regiment, hanging from the top over the right shoulder.

Old English before the Norman Conquest, it always has the sound of k. The Latin C was the same letter as the Greek got it from the Phoenicians. The English name of C is from the Latin name ce, and was derived, probably, through the French. Etymologically C is related to g, h, k, q, s (and other sibilant sounds). Exampl…

Same as Cabinet, n., 4 (of which body it was formerly the full title). (b) A meeting of the cabinet. -- Cabinet councilor, a member of a cabinet council. -- Cabinet photograph, a photograph of a size smaller than an imperial, though larger than a carte de visite. -- Cabinet picture, a small and generally highly fini…

Same as Cabiric.

Same as Cabrée.

Same as Cespitose.

European nationalities, and to appoint bishops and priests of like race and speaking the same language as the majority of the members of a diocese or congregation. This plan was successfully opposed by the American party in the Church.

Same as Calcite.

Same as Caliph, Caliphate, etc.

Same as Callet. [Obs.] A callat of boundless tongue. Shak.

A plant coif or skullcap. Same as Calotte. B. Jonson.

Same as Callosity. (b

eral-celled fruit, armed with stout spines, and resembling the military instrument of the same name. The species grow in warm countries, and are often very annoying to cattle.

cheese made in the vicinity of Camembert, near Argentan, France; also, any cheese of the same type, wherever made.