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Pertaining to Canara, a district of British India.

An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness. Wooed her with his soft caresses. Langfellow. He exerted himself to win by indulgence and caresses the hearts of all who were under his command. Macaulay.

In caressing manner.

A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, "To take arms against a sea of troubles. " Shak. "Her voice was but the shadow of a sound." Young.

Belonging to, or in the manner of, a catachresis; wrested from its natural sense or form; forced; far-fatched. -- Cat`a*chres"tic*al*ly, adv. [A] catachrestical and improper way of speaking. Jer. Taylor.

A woman who caters. Milton.

The daughter of Saturn and Ops or Rhea, the goddess of corn and tillage.

A white wax, made by bleaching and purifying ozocerite, and used as a substitute for beeswax.

A form of malarial fever occurring along the Chagres River, Panama.

A female chanter or singer. Milton.

A diplomatic representative, or minister of an inferior grade, accredited by the government of one state to the minister of foreign affairs of another; also, a substitute, ad interim, for an ambassador or minister plenipotentiary.

An enchantress. Chaucer.

She who chides. [Obs.]

Teaching what is useful. "A chrestomathic school." Southey.

lection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used in acquiring a language; as, a Hebrew chrestomathy.

Somewhat cinereous; of a color somewhat resembling that of wood ashes.

A division of passerine birds in which the vocal muscles are but little developed, so that they lack the power of singing.

The upper story of the nave of a church, containing windows, and rising above the aisle roofs.

Same as Clearstory.

A nun. [R.] Shak.