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A method of making stereotype plates from inscribed sheets of wax.

A small circumscribed tumor of the eyelid caused by retention of secretion, and by inflammation of the Melbomian glands.

To engrave; to inscribe. [R.] These trees shall be my books. And in their barks my thoughts I 'll character. Shak.

To indicate the character of; to describe. Under the name of Tamerlane he intended to characterize King William. Johnson.

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.

usly given power, as of healing, speaking foreign languages without instruction, etc., attributed to some of the early Christians.

eptiles, including the tortoises and turtles, perculiar in having a part of the vertebræ, ribs, and sternum united with the dermal plates so as to form a firm shell. The jaws are covered by a horny beak. See Reptilia; also, Illust. in Appendix.

An Appalachian tribe of Indians, formerly inhabiting the region about the head waters of the Tennessee River. They are now mostly settled in the Indian Territory, and have become one of the most civilized of the Indian Tribes.

A mysterious composite being, the winged footstool and chariot of the Almighty, described in Ezekiel i. and x. I knew that they were the cherubim. Ezek. x. 20. He rode upon a cherub and did fly. Ps. xviii. 10.

The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone; the thorax.

A warlike tribe of indians, related to the blackfeet, formerly inhabiting the region of Wyoming, but now mostly on reservations in the Indian Territory. They are noted for their horsemanship.

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

A trible of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian) allied to the Choctaws. They formerly occupied the northern part of Alabama and Mississippi, but now live in the Indian Territory.

The head or leader of any body of men; a commander, as of an army; a head man, as of a tribe, clan, or family; a person in authority who directs the work of others; the pricipal actio or agent.

A tribute by the head; a capitation tax. [Written also chevage and chivage.] [Obs.]

Any merely ornamental adjunct of a woman's dress, as a bunch of ribbon, lace, etc.

One of a tribe of North American Indians now living in the state of Washington, noted for the custom of flattening their skulls. Chinooks also called Flathead Indians.

To bet, as with chips in the game of poker. To chip in, to contribute, as to a fund; to share in the risks or expenses of. [Slang. U. S.]

A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the northern and weastern shores of Lake Superior; -- called also Objibways.

; sing. Choctaw. (Ethnol.) A tribe of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian), in early times noted for their pursuit of agriculture, and for living at peace with the white settlers. They are now one of the civilized tribes of the Indian Territory.