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

One of a tropical family of snakelike lizards (Chalcidæ), having four small or rudimentary legs.

A chalklike concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in and about the small joints, in the external ear, and in other situations, in those affected with gout; a tophus.

ge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in breech-loading guns.

A small gutter; a furrow; a groove.

A small species of antelope (Rupicapra tragus), living on the loftiest mountain ridges of Europe, as the Alps, Pyrenees, etc. It possesses remarkable agility, and is a favorite object of chase.

To bite into small pieces; to crunch. Steele.

Specifically: To give, or receive, smaller denominations of money (technically called change) for; as, to change a gold coin or a bank bill. He pulled out a thirty-pound note and bid me change it. Goldsmith. To change a horse, or To change hand (Man.), to turn or bear the horse's head from one hand to the other, from t…

Any small book carried about for sale by chapmen or hawkers. Hence, any small book; a toy book.

a small church, often a private foundation, as for a memorial;

A small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc.

To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs.

A small black spot or mark remaining in the cavity of the corner tooth of a horse after the large spot or mark has become obliterated.

Finely prepared charcoal in small sticks, used as a drawing implement. Animal charcoal, a fine charcoal prepared by calcining bones in a closed vessel; -- used as a filtering agent in sugar refining, and as an absorbent and disinfectant. -- Charcoal blacks, the black pigment, consisting of burnt ivory, bone, cock, pea…

ck, a. -- Bursting charge. (a (Mil.) The charge which bursts a shell, etc. (b (Mining) A small quantity of fine powder to secure the ignition of a charge of coarse powder in blasting. -- Charge and discharge (Equity Practice), the old mode or form of taking an account before a master in chancery. -- Charge sheet, th…

Any small decorative object worn on the person, as a seal, a key, a silver whistle, or the like. Bunches of charms are often worn at the watch chain.

Small stones with ore. Chat potatoes, small potatoes, such as are given to swine. [Local.]

A small South American species of tiger cat (Felis mitis).

A table stove or small furnace, usually a cylindrical box of sheet iron, with a grate at the bottem, and an open top.

Having a low price in market; of small cost or price, as compared with the usual price or the real value. Where there are a great sellers to a few buyers, there the thing to be sold will be cheap. Locke.