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f turf, i. e., many stems from one rootstock or from many entangled rootstocks or roots. [Written also cæspitose.]

A writ given by statute to recover lands when the tenant has for two years failed to perform the conditions of his tenure.

ears, to perform the service by which he holds lands, so that he incurs the danger of the writ of cessavit. See Cessavit. Cowell.

in, to collect sedimentary or superfluous matter; a privy vault; any receptace of filth. [Written also sesspool.]

ale and female reproductive organs. They have neither mouth nor intestine. See Tapeworm. [Written also Cestoda.]

A dingy blue, or grayish black, variety of spinel. It is also called pleonaste. [Written also ceylonite.]

The texan guan (Ortalis vetula). [written also chiacalaca.]

Formerly a chancery officer who fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents.

(Chem.), terms applied to the chemical structure of compounds whose rational formulæ are written respectively in the form of a closed ring (see Benzene nucleus, under Benzene), or in an open extended form. -- Endless chain, a chain whose ends have been united by a link.

slucent variety of quartz, having usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax. [Written also calcedony.]

er glance, and vitreous copper; a mineral of a black color and metallic luster. [Formerly written chalcosine.]

Chaldeans; eastern Aramaic, or the Aramaic used in Chaldea. Chaldee Paraphrase, A targum written in Aramaic.

A soft and delicate woolen, or woolen and silk, fabric, for ladies' dresses. [Written also chally.]

The sovereign prince of Tartary; -- now usually written khan. Shak.

The frontlet, or head armor, of a horse. [Written also champfrain and chamfrain.]

do changelings call, so changed by fairies' theft. Spenser. The changeling [a substituted writing] never known. Shak.

having for its subject events or exploits of early French history, real or legendary, and written originally in assonant verse of ten or twelve syllables. The most famous one is the Chanson de Roland.

the frame of the saddle, after they have been adjusted to the convenience of the rider. [Written also chaplet.]

A summary in writing of such matters as are to be inquired of or presented before justices in eyre, or justices of assize, or of the peace, in their sessions; -- also called articles. Jacob.

Work done by the day; a single job, or task; a chore. [Written also chare.] [Eng.] When thou hast done this chare, I give thee leave To play till doomsday. Shak.