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plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus bacciferus), bearing berries regarded as poisonous. Bladder campion, a plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus Behen or Silene inflata), having a much inflated calyx. See Behen. -- Rose campion, a garden plant (Lychnis coronaria) with handsome crimsome crimson flowers.…

Canicula. Addison.

To infect or pollute; to corrupt. Addison. A tithe purloined canker the whole estate. Herbert.

of a tree, excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape. It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by sail, and has no rudder. Others devised the boat of one tree, called the canoe. Raleigh.

The upwardly projecting rear part of saddle, opposite to the pommel. [Written also cante.]

To go trough, with personal solicitation or public addresses; as, to canvass a district for votes; to canvass a city for subscriptions.

A courting of favor or applause, by flattery or address; a captivating quality; an attraction. [Obs.] Without any of those dresses, or popular captations, which some men use in their speeches. Eikon Basilike.

trol; subjection of the will or affections; bondage. Sink in the soft captivity together. Addison.

e under Indicator. Business card, a card on which is printed an advertisement or business address. -- Card basket (a) A basket to hold visiting cards left by callers.

A sort of Russian isinglass, made from the air bladder of the sturgeon, and used in clarifying wine.

before Lent, ending with Shrove Tuesday. The carnival at Venice is everywhere talked of. Addison.

ry the war from Greece into Asia; to carry an account to the ledger; to carry a number in adding figures.

a case; to inclose. The man who, cased in steel, had passed whole days and nights in the saddle. Prescott.

A knife carried in a sheath or case. Addison.

A worm or grub that makes for itself a case. See Caddice.

A device for recording the amount of cash received, usually having an automatic adding machine and a money drawer and exhibiting the amount of the sale.

vice or from an office or place of frust. They have cashiered several of their followers. Addison. He had insolence to cashier the captain of the lord lieutenant's own body guard. Macaulay.

ors; also to assign (an actor) for a part. Our parts in the other world will be new cast. Addison. To cast anchor (Naut.) Se under Anchor. -- To cast a horoscope, to calculate it. -- To cast a horse, sheep, or other animal, to throw with the feet upwards, in such a manner as to prevent its rising again. -- To cast a…

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 stations.…

n the quantity and quality of mucus secreted; as catarrh of the stomach; catarrh of the bladder.