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dwelling within a certain distance of a castle, for the purpose of maintaining watch and ward in it; castle-ward.

Numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or desertion. Casualty ward, A ward in a hospital devoted to the treatment of injuries received by accident.

One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in the shrouds toward the masts so a to give freer sweep to the yards.

The Latin and English form of a Greek preposition, used as a prefix to signify down, downward, under, against, contrary or opposed to, wholly, completely; as in cataclysm, catarrh. It sometimes drops the final vowel, as in catoptric; and is sometimes changed to cath, as in cathartic, catholic.

ding the Old World monkeys and apes which have the nostrils close together and turned downward. See Monkey.

on. Bp. Buret. The most horrible and portentous catastrophe that nature ever yet saw. Woodward.

A small sailboat, with a single mast placed as far forward as possible, carring a sail extended by a graff and long boom. See Illustration in Appendix.

Backwards; toward the tail or posterior part.

A steward or butler of a monastery or chapter; one who has charge of procuring and keeping the provisions.

rease the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the United States

ually accessible from certain points. Central force (Math.), a force acting upon a body towards or away from a fixed or movable center. -- Center sun (Astron.), a name given to a hypothetical body about which Mädler supposed the solar system together with all the stars in the Milky Way, to be revolving. A point near A…

The state of being central; tendency towards a center. Meantime there is a great centrality, a centripetence equal to the centrifugence. R. W. Emerson.

Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos. Centrifugal force (Mech.), a force whose direction is from a center.

Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone. R. Owen. Centripetal force (Mech.), a force whose direction is towards a center, as in case of a planet revolving round the sun, the center of the system, See Centrifugal force, under Centrifugal. -- Cen…

Tendency toward the center.

Forwards; towards the head or anterior extremity of the body; opposed to caudad.

brain to the spinal cord, and so transfer cerebral impulses (centrifugal impressions) outwards.

ord to the brain and so transfer sensations (centripetal impressions) from the exterior inwards.

rite; ritual; according to the forms of established rites. Ceremonial observances and outward show. Hallam.

Consisting of outward forms and rites; ceremonial.