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Characteristic of, or like, a bulldog; stubborn; as, bulldog courage; bulldog tenacity. Bulldog bat (zo'94l.), a bat of the genus Nyctinomus; -- so called from the shape of its face.

nd buxom to his bands, is joy to see. Spenser. I submit myself unto this holy church of Christ, to be ever buxom and obedient to the ordinance of it. Foxe.

r traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediæval Christians, which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence. It assumed that every letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture contains a hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertai…

A rare alkaline metal found in mineral water; -- so called from the two characteristic blue lines in its spectrum. It was the first element discovered by spectrum analysis, and is the most strongly basic and electro-positive substance known. Symbol Cs. Atomic weight 132.6.

abiting the valleys of the Pyrenees, who until 1793 were political and social outcasts (Christian Pariahs). They are supposed to be a remnant of the Visigoths.

rian period. The name alludes to the peculiar mixture of calcareous and siliceous characteristics in many of the beds. See the Diagram under Grology.

Paul himself believed he did well, and that he had a call to it, when he persecuted the Christians. Locke.

The place where Christ was crucified, on a small hill outside of Jerusalem. Luke xxiii. 33.

A genus of trilobites characteristic of the Silurian age.

efused to recognize laws or institutions which they believed contrary to the kingdom of Christ, but who now avail themselves of political rights.

d partly for political ends and partly for practicing extortion, violence, etc. -- Ca*mor"rist (#), n.

A member of the denomination called Christians or Disciples of Christ. They themselves repudiate the term Campbellite as a nickname. See Christian, 3.

ded to perpetual veneration and invocation. Canonization of saints was not known to the Christian church titl toward the middle of the tenth century. Hoock.

rincipal. A capital article in religion Atterbury. Whatever is capital and essential in Christianity. I. Taylor.

The complex radical, CO.OH, regarded as the essential and characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (as formic, acetic, benzoic acids, etc.) have in common; -- called also oxatyl.

A large, long-legged South American bird (Dicholophus cristatus) which preys upon snakes, etc. See Seriema.

An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture.

A song of praise of devotion; as, a Christmas or Easter carol. Heard a carol, mournful, holy. Tennyson. In the darkness sing your carol of high praise. Keble.

Of or pertaining to the carpus, or wrist. -- n.

The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of eight short bones disposed in two rows.