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ng channels. Dalton. At best, he is but a channel to convey to the National assembly such matter as may import that body to know. Burke.

orus or musicus). The male has the habit, remarkable in a bird of prey, of singing to his mate, while she is incubating.

The confused, unorganized condition or mass of matter before the creation of distinct and order forms.

A matron who accompanies a young lady in public, for propriety, or as a guide and protector.

A summary in writing of such matters as are to be inquired of or presented before justices in eyre, or justices of assize, or of the peace, in their sessions; -- also called articles. Jacob.

(Fine Arts), a drawing made with charcoal. See Charcoal, 2. Until within a few years this material has been used almost exclusively for preliminary outline, etc., but at present many finished drawings are made with it. -- Charcoal point, a carbon pencil prepared for use un an electric light apparatus. -- Mineral char…

A large dish. [Obs.] Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger. Matt. xiv. 8.

Material on which instruments, books, etc., are written; parchment or paper.

Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color or material. Dancing in the checkered shade. Milton.

Work consisting of or showing checkers varied alternately as to colors or materials.

Feeling; spirit; state of mind or heart. Be of good cheer. Matt. ix. 2. The parents . . . fled away with heavy cheer. Holland.

A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth. Heaps of money crowded in the chest. Dryden.

A bargain or contract; an agreement about a matter in dispute, such as a debt; a business compact.

A red coloring matter. extracted from the Bignonia Chica, used by some tribes of South American Indians to stain the skin.

A kind of soft gauzy material used for ruches, trimmings, etc.

constable and earl marshal of England as judges, having cognizance of contracts and other matters relating to deeds of arms and war. Blackstone.

chlorine; especially, a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine gas.

Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of plants, to which they owe their green color, and through which all ordinary assimilation of plant food takes place. Similar chlorophyll granules have been found in the tissues of the lower animals. [Wr…

A bunch, knot, or rosette of ribbon or other material, used as an ornament in women's dress.

Vegetable coloring matter other than green; chromule.