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A light business wagon used by bakers, grocerymen, butchers, atc.

To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject.

A light transitory air which ruffles the surface of the water during a calm, or the ripples made by such a puff of air.

A caustic curve formed by reflection of light. Nichol.

Pertaining to, produced by, or involving, both the reflection and refraction of light; as, a catadioptric light. Hutton.

ity of the crystalline lens, or of its capsule, which prevents the passage of the rays of light and impairs or destroys the sight.

A well known light red variety of American grape.

To be held or impeded by entanglement or a light obstruction; as, a kite catches in a tree; a door catches so as not to open.

Of or pertaining to catoptrics; produced by reflection. Catoptric light, a light in which the rays are concentrated by reflectors into a beam visible at a distance.

That part of optics which explants the properties and phenomena of reflected light, and particularly that which is reflected from mirrors or polished bodies; --- formerly caled anacamptics.

The lighter, earthy parts of ore, carried off washing.

Informal talk or discussion, as about literary matters; light conversation; chat.

tirical; sharp; as, a caustic remark. Caustic curve (Optics), a curve to which the ray of light, reflected or refracted by another curve, are tangents, the reflecting or refracting curve and the luminous point being in one plane. -- Caustic lime. See under Lime. -- Caustic potash, Caustic soda (Chem.), the solid hydr…

Time, with all its celerity, moves slowly to him whose whole employment is to watch its flight. Johnson.

or pertaining to the spiritual heaven; heavenly; divine. "Celestial spirits." "Celestial light," Milton. Celestial city, heaven; the heavenly Jerusalem. Bunyan. -- Celestial empire, China; -- so called from the Chinese words, tien chan, Heavenly Dynasty, as being the kingdom ruled over by the dynasty appoined by heav…

he solid framework of plants, of ordinary wood, linen, paper, etc. It is also found to a slight extent in certain animals, as the tunicates. It is a carbohydrate, (C6H10O5)n, isomeric with starch, and is convertible into starches and sugars by the action of heat and acids. When pure, it is a white amorphous mass. See S…

chloride, a mineral of a white to pale yellow or gray color, darkening on exposure to the light. It may be cut by a knife, like lead or horn (hence called horn silver).

An instrument or apparatus employed in the ancient mysteries to imitate thunder and lightning. T. Moore.

Cherry-colored; a light bright red; --- applied to textile fabrics, especially silk.

Tending to cerulean; light bluish.