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of the people, and valuation of their estate, for the purpose of imposing taxes, etc.; -- usually made once in five years.

A gentianaceous plant not fully identified. The name is usually given to the Erytheræa Centaurium and the Chlora perfoliata of Europe, but is also extended to the whole genus Sabbatia, and even to the unrelated Centaurea.

udges chosen to try civil suits. Under the empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.

Craniotomy; -- usually applied to bisection of the fetal head with a saw.

Any grass cultivated for its edible grain, or the grain itself; -- usually in the plural.

sorless cap, worn by members of German student corps. It is made in the corps colors, and usually bears the insignia of the corps.

es shall certify their opinion to the chancellor, and upon such certificate the decree is usually founded. Blackstone. Certified check, A bank check, the validity of which is certified by the bank on which it is drawn.

of resembling, turf; turfy. A cespitous or turfy plant has many stems from the same root, usually forming a close, thick carpet of matting. Martyn.

lminthes) of which the tapeworms are the most common examples. The body is flattened, and usually but not always long, and composed of numerous joints or segments, each of which may contain a complete set of male and female reproductive organs. They have neither mouth nor intestine. See Tapeworm. [Written also Cestoda.…

marine fish of the family Chætodontidæ. The chætodonts have broad, compressed bodies, and usually bright colors.

A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc. [They] put a chain of gold about his neck. Dan. v. 29.

persons, with a calash top, and the body hung on leather straps, or thoroughbraces. It is usually drawn by one horse.

A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax. [Written also calcedony.]

Native iron carbonate; -- usually called siderite.

The sovereign prince of Tartary; -- now usually written khan. Shak.

A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to contain the powder.

To take the chances of; to venture upon; -- usually with it as object. Come what will, I will chance it. W. D. Howells.

he 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 different s…

Overalls of sheepskin or leather, usually open at the back, worn, esp. by cowboys, to protect the legs from thorny bushes, as in the chaparral; -- called also chapareras or colloq. chaps. [Sp. Amer.]

clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean.