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ways, but chiefly by the action of water on calcium carbide. Its light is very brilliant. Watts.

ve distillation of neutral fats containing glycerin. Its vapors are intensely irritating. Watts.

; to attach; to append. Corrections . . . should be, as remarks, adjoined by way of note. Watts.

be diffuse in argument or description; to dilate; to expatiate; -- often with on or upon. Watts. He must often enlarge and amplify upon the subject he handles. South.

of anise, fennel, etc., in the form of soft shining scales; -- called also anise camphor. Watts.

A poisonous principle obtained from antiar. Watts.

A chief or transcendent traitor. I. Watts.

wer. An undisputed ascendency. Macaulay. Custom has an ascendency over the understanding. Watts.

or filled with awe; terror-stricken. [Obs.] A weak and awful reverence for antiquity. I. Watts.

to man; to agitate. Let not obvious and known truth be bandied about in a disputation. I. Watts.

sembles it, or grows in the place of it. The barbel, so called by reason of his barbs, or wattles in his mouth. Walton.

Same as Amarine. [R.] Watts.

onally. Be swift to hear, but cautious of your tongue, lest you betray your ignorance. T. Watts.

an birch (Betula alba), or from the tar prepared therefrom; -- called also birch camphor. Watts.

reed of domestic fowls with glossy black plumage, blue legs and feet, bright red comb and wattles, and white face. They are remarkable as egg layers.

ion into branches; a division or branch. The sciences, with their numerous branchings. L. Watts.

A restraint; a curb; a check. I. Watts.

y with more ease, with brighter evidence, and with surer success, draw the bearner on. I. Watts.

ubstitution of bromine for chlorine. It is somewhat similar to chloroform in its effects. Watts.

as in obtaining knowledge or forming designs; comprehensive; liberal. "A capacious mind." Watts.