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A common name for various kinds of vehicles, as a Scythian dwelling on wheels, or a chariot. "Phoebus' cart." Shak.

A map showing geographically, by shades or curves, statistics of various kinds; a statistical map.

The whole body of decorative sculpture of any kind or epoch, or in any material; as, the Italian carving of the 15th century.

A proteid substance present in both the animal and the vegetable kingdom. In the animal kindom it is chiefly found in milk, and constitutes the main part of the curd separated by rennet; in the vegetable kingdom it is found more or less abundantly in the seeds of leguminous plants. Its reactions resemble those of alkal…

A form of cash carrier in which a small carrier or car travels upon a kind of track.

A kind of dress goods, made with a soft and glossy surface like cashmere.

A kind of burial case. [U. S.]

in the east Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head is armed with a kind of helmet of horny substance, consisting of plates overlapping each other, and it has a group of long sharp spines on each wing which are used as defensive organs. It is a shy bird, and runs with great rapidity. Other species…

A kind of fine, hard, white or mottled soap, made with olive and soda; also, a soap made in imitation of the above-described soap.

of Catalonia; also, the language of Catalonia. Catalan furnace, Catalan forge (Metal.), a kind of furnace for producing wrought iron directly from the ore. It was formerly much used, esp. in Catalonia, and is still used in some parts of the United States and elsewhere.

A kind of raft or float, consisting of two or more logs or pieces of wood lashed together, and moved by paddles or sail; -- used as a surf boat and for other purposes on the coasts of the East and West Indies and South America. Modified forms are much used in the lumber regions of North America, and at life-saving stat…

A kind of hydraulic brake for regulating the action of pumping engines and other machines; -- sometimes called dashpot.

A Highland robber: a kind of irregular soldier. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

A mild kind caustic used to reduce warts and other excrescences. Dunglison.

the electrolyte; the negative pole; -- opposed to anode. Faraday. Cathode ray (Phys.), a kind of ray generated at the cathode in a vacuum tube, by the electrical discharge.

Of or pertaining to the white races of mankind, of whom the people about Mount Caucasus were formerly taken as the type.

A kind of warm drink for sick persons, being a mixture of wine with eggs, bread, sugar, and spices.

The act of causing; also the act or agency by which an effect is produced. The kind of causation by which vision is produced. Whewell. Law of universal causation, the theoretical or asserted law that every event or phenomenon results from, or is the sequel of, some previous event or phenomenon, which being present, the…

A kind of sofa for two person. A tête-a-tête.

Precept or warning against evil of any kind; exhortation to wariness; advice; injunction. In way of caution I must tell you. Shak. Caution money, money deposited by way of security or guaranty, as by a student at an English university.