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A tune adapted to be played by musical bells.

a hydroscopic monobasic acid, C10H15O5N3, obtained as a cleavage product from an acid of muscle tissue.

Of a pertaining to flesh; fleshy. A distinct carnose muscle. Ray.

Joyful music, as of a song. I heard the bells on Christmans Day Their old, familiar carol play. Longfellow.

n a nearly perpendicular position. In this position the soldier is said to stand, and the musket to be held, at carry. -- To carry all before one, to overcome all obstacles; to have uninterrupted success. -- To carry arms (a) To bear weapons. (b) To serve as a soldier. -- To carry away. (a) (Naut.) to break off; to…

A red coloring matter obtained from the safflower, or Carthamus tinctorius.

eutheria. It has an aromatic odor and a warm, spicy, bitter taste, and when burnt emits a musky odor. It is used as a gentle tonic, and sometimes, for the sake of its fragrance, mixed with smoking tobacco, when it is said to occasion vertigo and intoxication.

A building or room used for meetings, or public amusements, for dancing, gaming, etc.

ast stones. 2 Chron. xxvi. 14 Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. Acts. xii. 8 We must be cast upon a certain island. Acts. xxvii. 26.

pertaining to Castalia, a mythical fountain of inspiration on Mt. Parnassus sacred to the Muses. Milton.

d condition caused by an overwhelming shock or extreme fear and marked by rigidity of the muscles. -- Cat`a*plec"tic (#), a.

A table sauce made from mushrooms, tomatoes, walnuts, etc. [Written also ketchup.]

Apt or tending to catch the fancy or attention; catching; taking; as, catchy music.

By extension: To supply what is needed or desired, at theatrical or musical entertainments; -- followed by for or to.

f great toughness made from the intestines of animals, esp. of sheep, used for strings of musical instruments, etc.

gainst evil of any kind; exhortation to wariness; advice; injunction. In way of caution I must tell you. Shak. Caution money, money deposited by way of security or guaranty, as by a student at an English university.

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

isible truth wherein to center, error is as wide as men's fancies. Dr. H. More. Our hopes must center in ourselves alone. Dryden.

A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from different authors disposed in a new order.

the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain.