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ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc. Shzk.

stone (Min.), a yellow species of carnelian, named from its resemblance in color to the plumage of the canary bird. -- Canary wood, the beautiful wood of the trees Persea Indica and P. Canariensis, natives of Madeira and the Canary Islands. -- Canary vine. See Canary bird flower, under Canary bird.

ing in hexagonal crystals, also massive, generally of a yellow color, containing silica, alumina, lime, soda, and carbon dioxide.

Glowing; luminous; incandescent.

That which gives light; a luminary. By these blessed candles of the night. Shak. Candle nut, the fruit of a euphorbiaceous shrub (Aleurites triloba), a native of some of the Pacific islands; -- socalled because, when dry, it will burn with a bright flame, and is used by the natives as a candle. The oil has many uses.…

The illumination produced by a British standard candle at a distance of one foot; --used as a unit of illumination.

The illumination given by a standard candle at a distance of one meter; -- used as a unit of illumination, except in Great Britain.

Illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard candle.

church; a right to a place in chapter and to a portion of its revenues; the dignity or emoluments of a canon.

Having angles; as, a six canted bolt head; a canted window. Canted column (Arch.), a column polygonal in plan.

Having the angles marked by, or decorated with, projecting moldings or small columns; as, a cantoned pier or pilaster.

; particularly Chesapeake Bay and adjoining waters; -- so named from the markings of the plumage on its back.

The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc. It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. See these terms, and Column.

See Capitulum.

Growing in, or pertaining to, a capitulum.

The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum.

ry was a small vessel with broad bows, high, narrow poop, four masts, and lateen sails. Columbus commanded three caravels on his great voyage.

after damp; it is also know as choke damp, and mephilic air. Water will absorb its own volume of it, and more than this under pressure, and in this state becomes the common soda water of the shops, and the carbonated water of natural springs. Combined with lime it constitutes limestone, or common marble and chalk. Pla…

Any volatile liquid used in charging illuminating gases.

egnated with some volatile carbon compound; as, water gas is carbureted to increase its illuminating power. [Written also carburetted.] Carbureted hydrogen gas, any one of several gaseous compounds of carbon and hydrogen, some of with make up illuminating gas. -- Light carbureted hydrogen, marsh gas, CH4; fire damp.…