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To collect to a point; to concentrate. Thy joys are centered all in me alome. Prior.

An oily hydrocarbon, C16H32, of the ethylene series, obtained from spermaceti.

33, not yet isolated, but supposed to exist in a series of compounds homologous with the ethyl compounds, and derived from spermaceti.

rystalline solid, obtained from spermaceti, and regarded as homologous with ordinary, or ethyl, alcohol; ethal; - - called also cetyl alcohol.

A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composition as common limestone.

ker or seller of candles. The chandler's basket, on his shoulder borne, With tallow spots thy coat. Gay.

h another. Look upon those thousands with whom thou wouldst not, for any interest, change thy fortune and condition. Jer. Taylor.

To impute or ascribe; to lay to one's charge. No more accuse thy pen, but charge the crime On native loth and negligence of time. Dryden.

Full of love and good will; benevolent; kind. Be thy intents wicked or charitable, . . . . . . I will speak to thee. Shak.

Liberality to the poor and the suffering, to benevolent institutions, or to worthy causes; generosity. The heathen poet, in commending the charity of Dido to the Trojans, spake like a Christian. Dryden.

To open; to yawn. [Obs.] O, chaun thy breast. Marston.

The face; the countenance or its expression. [Obs.] "Sweat of thy cheer." Wyclif.

ss of forming an artificial tip or part of a lip, by using for the purpose a piece of healthy tissue taken from some neighboring part.

phrases, when repeated or subsequently referred to in a sentence; thus, If e'er to bless thy sons My voice or hands deny, These hands let useful skill forsake, This voice in silence die. Dwight.

A leguminous plant (Lathyrus sativus), with broad flattened seeds which are sometimes used for food.

, of a pungent odor and harsh taste, obtained by the action of chlorine upon ordinary or ethyl alcohol.

nce of five, or the next to its highest; as, chloric acid, HClO3. Chloric ether (Chem.), ethylene dichloride. See Dutch liquid, under Dutch.

A colorless gas, CH3Cl, of a sweet odor, easily condensed to a liquid; -- called also methyl chloride.

ant and rapidly fatal disease, originating in Asia and frequently epidemic in the more filthy sections of other lands, to which the germ or specific poison may have been carried. It is characterized by diarrhea, rice- water evacuations, vomiting, cramps, pinched expression, and lividity, rapidly passing into a state of…

Pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, chthonic religions. [The] chthonic character of the wife of Zeus. Max Müller.