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A plant (Nepeta Glechoma) of the same genus with catnip; ground ivy.

are addressed to all the faithful, and not to a particular church; being those of James, Peter, Jude, and John.

An ament; a species of inflorescence, consisting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar, and (as to the staminate flowers) in the chestnut, oak, hickory, etc. -- so called from its resemblance to a cat's tail. See Illust. of Ament.

A well-know plant of the genus Nepeta (N. Cataria), somewhat like mint, having a string scent, and sometimes used in medicine. It is so called because cats have a peculiar fondness for it.

A chief or petty king among some tribes of Indians in America.

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

y The sacred ceremonies there partake. Spenser. [The heralds] with awful ceremony And trumpet's sound, throughout the host proclaim A solemn council. Milton.

itous or turfy plant has many stems from the same root, usually forming a close, thick carpet of matting. Martyn.

uror or to a member of a court martial, coupled with a demand that he should be held incompetent to act; the claim of a party that a certain person or persons shall not sit in trial upon him or his cause. Blackstone

A civilian; a carpetmonger. [Obs.]

A movable parapet, serving to support fascines to cover pioneers. [Obs.]

Like a chandler; in a petty way. [Obs.] Milton.

orty-five and fifty years of age. -- Change ringing, the continual production, without repetition, of changes on bells, See def. 9. above. -- Change wheel (Mech.), one of a set of wheels of different sizes and number of teeth, that may be changed or substituted one for another in machinery, to produce a different but…

A written statement as to behavior, competency, etc., given to a servant. [Colloq.]

plex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry. Irritated by perpetual chicanery. Hallam.

A chicken; -- used as a diminutive or pet name, especially in calling fowls.

A species of European warbler (Sylvia hippolais); -- called also chip-chap, and pettychaps.

A general name for coloring matter of plants other than chlorophyll, especially that of petals.

immerii, a fabulous people, said to have lived, in very ancient times, in profound and perpetual darkness.

A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill. He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line of battle. E. Everett.