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Of or pertaining to the Celts; as, Celtic people, tribes, literature, tongue. [Written also Keltic.]

A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from different authors disposed in a new order.

l of the genus Halysites, common in the middle and upper Silurian rocks. The tubular corallites are united side by side in groups, looking in an end view like links of a chain. When perfect, the calicles show twelve septa. -- Chain coupling. (a) A shackle for uniting lengths of chain, or connecting a chain with an obj…

ng in the cavity of the corner tooth of a horse after the large spot or mark has become obliterated.

As a proper name, a fox; -- so called in fables and familiar literature.

A masterpiece; a capital work in art, literature, etc.

e mineral azurite, found in fine crystallization at Chessy, near Lyons; called also chessylite.

Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of plants, to which they owe their green color, and through which all ordinary assimilation of plant food takes place. Similar chlorophyll granules have been found in the tissues of the lower animals. [Wr…

A peculiar rounded granule of some mineral, usually enstatite or chrysolite, found imdedded more or less aboundantly in the mass of many meteoric stones, which are hence called chondrites.

overnment, and baptize by immersion. They are also called Disciples of Christ, and Campbellites.

Chief or commander; in Spanish literature, a title of Ruy Diaz, Count of Bivar, a champion of Christianity and of the old Spanish royalty, in the 11th century.

The clitellus of earthworms.

A student or imitator of the art or literature of the Cinquecento.

The sixteenth century, when applied to Italian art or literature; as, the sculpture of the Cinquecento; Cinquecento style.

One of the moons or satellites of the planet Jupiter. [Obs.] Derham.

In a literal, limited, or narrow manner. [R.] Milton.

aving the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable.

Courtesy; politeness; kind attention; good breeding; a polite act or expression. The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be. Chesterfield. The sweet civilities of life. Dryden.

In a civil manner; as regards civil rights and privileges; politely; courteously; in a well bred manner.

One learned in the literature of Greece and Rome, or a student of classical literature.