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The most popular of the Hindoo divinities, usually held to be the eighth incarnation of the god Vishnu.

ine a cloak with silk or fur; to line a box with paper or tin. The inside lined with rich carnation silk. W. Browne.

Vivid; bright. " The live carnation." Thomson.

ated the second Sunday in May, or for schools the second Friday, as the time, and a white carnation as the badge.

A variety of carnation having petals of a light color variously dotted and spotted at the edges.

ian, pink. See under China. -- Clove pink is Dianthus Caryophyllus, the stock from which carnations are derived. -- Garden pink. See Pheasant's eye. -- Meadow pink is applied to Dianthus deltoides; also, to the ragged robin. -- Maiden pink, Dianthus deltoides. -- Moss pink. See under Moss. -- Pink needle, the pin…

f gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band. A triumphant chariot made of carnation velvet, enriched withpurl and pearl. Sir P. Sidney .

An incarnation of Satan; a being possessed by a demon. [R.] O. A. Brownson.

o spot; to speckle; as, paper specked by impurities in the water used in its manufacture. Carnation, purple, azure, or specked with gold. Milton.

A manifestation of God to man by actual appearance, usually as an incarnation.

Furnished with a claw, or a narrow stalklike base, as the petals of a carnation.

A worshiper of the god Vishnu in any of his incarnations.

the United States, was instituted for the purpose of doing honor to the "Mystery of the Incarnation of the Son of God." -- The word, or The Word. (Theol.) (a) The gospel message; esp., the Scriptures, as a revelation of God. "Bold to speak the word without fear." Phil. i. 14. (b) The second person in the Trinity before…