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A follower of the Rev. Richard Cameron, a Scotch Covenanter of the time of Charies II. Cameron and others refused to accept the "indulgence" offered the Presbyterian clergy, insisted on the Solemn league and Covenant, and in 1680 declared Charles II deposed for tyranny, breach of faith, etc. Cameron was killed at the b…

A prerequisite to a clear understanding of the predicaments and categories, such as definitions of common terms. Chambers.

of Become.

Consisting of, or including, two chambers, or legislative branches. Bentham.

To arch over; to vault. Of the upper beak an inch and a half consisteth of one concamerated bone. Grew.

An arch or vault.

A celebrated collection of tales, supposed to be related in ten days; -- written in the 14th century, by Boccaccio, an Italian.

A measure of length in the metric system; ten meters, equal to about 393.7 inches.

The act or process of uniting lands, rights, or revenues, to the ecclesiastical chamber, i. e., to the pope's domain.

A camera in which a number of plates can be exposed without reloading.

Anything used for healing diseases or wounds; a medicine; a healing application.

Of or pertaining to medicaments or healing applications; having the qualities of medicaments. -- Med`ica*men"tal*ly, adv.

A catkin or ament; the flower cluster of the hazel, pine, willow, and the like.

Like a nut either in structure or in being indehiscent; bearing one-seeded nutlike fruits. [Written also nucumentaceous.]

ecially, an unfortunate or trying position or condition. "O woeful sympathy; piteous predicament!" Shak.

Of or pertaining to a predicament. John Hall (1646).

The female bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.]

Having, or consisting of, a single chamber; -- said of a legislative assembly. [R.] F. Lieber.

entence; as, Tarquinio regnante, Pythagoras venit, i. e., Tarquinius reigning, Pythagoras came.

virulent condemnation; reviling. The two parties, after exchanging a good deal of abuse, came to blows. Macaulay.