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A genus of trees growing naturally on the Andes in Peru and adjacent countries, but now cultivated in the East Indies, producing a medicinal bark of great value.

The inner bark of the shoots of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, a tree growing in Ceylon. It is aromatic, of a moderately pungent taste, and is one of the best cordial, carminative, and restorative spices.

Blowing around. [Obs.] Evelyn.

A flowing round on all sides; an inclosing with a fluid.

Flowing round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid. "The deep, circumfluent waves." Pope.

To pour round; to spread round. His army circumfused on either wing. Milton.

The successive bowing or bending in different directions of the growing tip of the stems of many plants, especially seen in climbing plants.

with a quick motion, so, as to make a sharp noise; as, to clap one's hands; a clapping of wings. Then like a bird it sits and sings, And whets and claps its silver wings. Marvell.

A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand. Clasp knife, a large knife, the blade of which folds or shuts into the handle. -- Clasp lock, a lock which closes or secures itself by means of a spring.

A slightly convex mirror, commonly of black glass, used as a toy for viewing the reflected landscape.

Shutting; confining; drawing together; as, a claudent muscle. [R.] Jonson

Club-shaped; having the form of a club; growing gradually thicker toward the top.

nything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails.

A divination by throwing dice or casting lots.

Showing skill or adroitness in the doer or former; as, a clever speech; a clever trick. Byron.

Pertaining to that mode of projection in drawing in which the rays of light are supposed to fall obliquely on the plane of projection.

y clockwork, by means of wich the action of external agents, as light and gravity, on growing plants may be regulated or eliminated.

nt at the base, which is bellshaped and has attached to it the cables for controlling the wing-warping devices, elevator planes, and the like.

Conclusion; cessation; ending; end. His long and troubled life was drawing to a close. Macaulay.

A species of raspberry (Rubus Chamæmerous) growing in the northern regions, and bearing edible, amber-colored fruit.