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gether with the middle finger; -- used by the Spaniards and Moors as an accompaniment to their dance and guitars.

the funeral solemnities of eminent persons, for the public exhibition of the remains, or their conveyance to the place of burial.

lly. -- Catalogue raisonné Etym: [F.], a catalogue of books, etc., classed according to their subjects. Syn. -- List; roll; index; schedule; enumeration; inventory. See List.

Having the petals held together by stamens, which grow to their bases, as in the mallow.

The act of seizing or taking hold of Catching bargain (Law), a bargain made with an heir expectant for the purchase of his expectancy at an inadequate price. Bouvier.

ctrine, reduced to the form of questions and answers. The Jews, even till this day, have their catechisms. Hooker. The Larger Catechism, The Shorter Catechism. See Westminster Assembly, under Assembly.

One who caters. The little fowls in the air have God for Their provider and caterer. Shelton.

Universal or general; as, the catholic faith. Men of other countries [came] to bear their part in so great and catholic a war. Southey.

A red clay from the Upper Missouri region, used by the Indians for their pipes.

The faculty of tracing effects to their causes. G. Combe.

ive notice of danger to; to warn; to exhort [one] to take heed. You cautioned me against their charms. Swift.

A hollow way, adapted to cover troops, and facilitate their aproach to a place. Farrow.

or country, to another nation, by treaty. The people must cede to the government some of their natural rights. Jay.

ebration of Mass is equivalent to offering Mass Cath. Dict. To hasten the celebration of their marriage. Sir P. Sidney.

nts, Cellular cryptogams (Bot.), those flowerless plants which have no ducts or fiber in their tissue, as mosses, fungi, lichens, and algæ. -- Cellular theory, or Cell theory (Biol.), a theory, according to which the essential element of every tissue, either vegetable or animal, is a cell; the whole series of cells ha…

A custom of the Celts, or an idiom of their language. Warton.

s empowered to examine manuscripts before they are committed to the press, and to forbid their publication if they contain anything obnoxious; -- an official in some European countries.

Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners. A dogmatical spirit inclines a man to be consorious of his neighbors. Watts.

A numbering of the people, and valuation of their estate, for the purpose of imposing taxes, etc.; -- usually made once in five years.

A division of the Roman people formed according to their property, for the purpose of voting for civil officers.