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A kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of clay and lime, for making mortar which will harden under water.

A genus of fossil ganoid fishes found in the old red sandstone or Devonian formation. The head is large, and protected by a broad shield-shaped helmet prolonged behind into two lateral points.

, this is tried by the certificate of the proper officer in writing, under his seal. Blackstone.

opinion to the chancellor, and upon such certificate the decree is usually founded. Blackstone. Certified check, A bank check, the validity of which is certified by the bank on which it is drawn.

A genus of fossil corals, common in the lower Silurian limestones.

ite color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composition as common limestone.

party that a certain person or persons shall not sit in trial upon him or his cause. Blackstone

ace formed by cutting away the arris, or angle, formed by two faces of a piece of timber, stone, etc.

To work or hew, as stone. Oxf. Gloss.

ant. -- Charcoal blacks, the black pigment, consisting of burnt ivory, bone, cock, peach stones, and other substances. -- Charcoal drawing (Fine Arts), a drawing made with charcoal. See Charcoal, 2. Until within a few years this material has been used almost exclusively for preliminary outline, etc., but at present m…

ongicauda). In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family Saxicolidæ, as the stonechat, and whinchat. Bush chat. (Zoöl.) See under Bush.

A hard stone, as the cat's-eye, which presents on a polished surface, and in the interior, an undulating or wary light.

Those pieces of a machine, or of any timber, or stone work, which form corresponding sides, or which are similar and in pair; as, the cheeks (jaws) of a vise; the cheeks of a gun carriage, etc.

A small stone taken from the gizzard of a young swallow. -- anciently worn as a medicinal charm.

rub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone; (a) The common garden cherry (Prunus Cerasus), of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke (corrupted…

An impure, massive, flintlike quartz or hornstone, of a dull color.

rt of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending through or above the roof of the building. Often used instead of chimney shaft. Hard by a cottage chimney smokes. Milton.

A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument.

ing off small pieces, as in dressing iron with a chisel, or reducing a timber or block of stone to shape.

utting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a mallet or hammer. Cold chisel. See under Cold, a.