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mon salt). Chloride of ammonium, sal ammoniac. -- Chloride of lime, bleaching powder; a grayish white substance, CaOClcalcium hypochlorite. See Hypochlorous acid, under Hypochlorous. -- Mercuric chloride, corrosive sublimate.

tance, supposed to be the cause of the green color of the blood in some species of worms. Ray Lankester.

The green sickness; an anæmic disease of young women, characterized by a greenish or grayish yellow hue of the skin, weakness, palpitation, etc.

he mineral chromite. Atomic weight 52.5. Symbol Cr. When isolated it is a hard, brittle, grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty. Its chief commercial importance is for its compounds, as potassium chromate, lead chromate, etc., which are brilliantly colored and are used dyeing and calico printing. Called also chro…

this element has a valence lower than that in chromic compounds. Chromous acid, a bluish gray powder, CrO.OH, of weak acid properties and regard as an acid.

A word of endearment; -- corrupted from chick. "Pray, chuck, come hither." Shak.

religious influences in a community; ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array the power of the church against some moral evil. Remember that both church and state are properly the rulers of the people, only because they are their benefactors. Bulwer.

ish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard. Like to some rich churl hoarding up his pelf. Drayton.

The act of taming. [Obs.] Ray.

A soft, earthy, clayey mineral, of whitish or grayish color.

Like ashes; ash-colored; grayish.

occupying the center; -- a term used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in ferns. Gray.

To lead about; to lead astray. [R.]

To roll or turn round; to cause to perform a rotary or circular motion. Ray.

Capable of being sailed round. Ray.

The exterior line which determines the form or magnitude of a body; outline; periphery. Ray.

Belonging to, or resembling, a city. "Smoky, citied towns" [R.] Drayton.

called also civet cat. It is carnivorous, from two to three feet long, and of a brownish gray color, with transverse black bands and spots on the body and tail. It is a native of northern Africa and of Asia. The name is also applied to other species.

k. We heard Mr.Hodson's whip clacking on the ahoulders of the poor little wretches. Thackeray.

To utter loudly or repeatedly; to shout. Clamored their piteous prayer incessantly. Longfellow. To clamor bells, to repeat the strokes quickly so as to produce a loud clang. Bp. Warbur