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centipeds. They have a single pair of elongated legs attached laterally to each segment; well developed jaws; and a pair of thoracic legs converted into poison fangs. They are insectivorous, very active, and some species grow to the length of a foot.

A toll for passage through a forest. [Obs.] Cowell.

are, which is the modern popular term for porcelain. See Porcelain. China aster (Bot.), a well-known garden flower and plant. See Aster. -- China bean. See under Bean, 1. -- China clay See Kaolin. -- China grass, Same as Ramie. -- China ink. See India ink. -- China pink (Bot.), an anual or biennial species of Dian…

A small American sparrow (Spizella socialis), very common near dwelling; -- also called chipping bird and chipping sparrow, from its simple note.

To chew loudly and greedily; to champ. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] Halliwell.

To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously. W. D. Howells.

a thing annexed to a place, as a mill. -- Chose transitory, a thing which is movable. Cowell. Blount.

A seller of fish. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. Chowder beer, a liquor made by boiling black spruce in water and mixing molasses with the decoction.

H2CrO4, analogous to sulphuric acid, not readily obtained in the free state, but forming well known salts, many of which are colored pigments, as chrome yellow, chrome red, etc. -- Chromic anhydride, a brilliant red crystalline substance, CrO3, regarded as the anhydride of chromic acid. It is one of the most powerful…

Without any light; intensely dark. In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell. Milton.

An epoch at the close of the American lower Silurian system. The rocks are well developed near Cincinnati, Ohio. The group includes the Hudson River and Lorraine shales of New york.

A circular piece of wood put under a dish at table. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

smission. The true doctrines of astronomy appear to have had some popular circulation. Whewell.

ay affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things. The circumstances are well known in the country where they happened. W. Irving.

ituated. The proposition is, that two bodies so circumstanced will balance each other. Whewell.

Being or dwelling around the earth. "Circumterraneous demouns." H. Hallywell.

inhabitants of a city; characteristic of citizens; effeminate; luxurious. [Obs.] I am not well, But not so citizen a wanton as To seem to die ere sick. Shak.

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

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

A stave for a cask. [Eng.] Halliwell.