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with large leaves and often with showy flowers. The Indian shot. (C. Indica) is found in gardens of the northern United States.

Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies, thieves. tramps, or beggars.

The sulter's shop in a garrison; also, a chest containing culinary and other vessels for officers.

One who cants or whines; a beggar.

A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips. See Cloak.

surrender on terms agreed upon (usually, drawn up under several heads); as, an army or a garrison capitulates. The Irish, after holding out a week, capitulated. Macaulay.

power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal. Even with regard to captures made at sea. Bluckstone.

A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood, resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin monks.

Burnt sugar; a brown or black porous substance obtained by heating sugar. It is soluble in water, and is used for coloring spirits, gravies, etc.

One of a group of compounds including the sugars, starches, and gums, which contain six (or some multiple of six) carbon atoms, united with a variable number of hydrogen and oxygen atoms, but with the two latter always in proportion as to form water; as dextrose, C6H12O6.

The complex radical, CO.OH, regarded as the essential and characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (as formic, acetic, benzoic acids, etc.) have in common; -- called also oxatyl.

longs for the most part to ruby sapphire, though it has been also given to red spinel and garnet.

Attention or heed; caution; regard; heedfulness; watchfulness; as, take care; have a care. I thank thee for thy care and honest pains. Shak.

king ordinary or proper care; negligent; unconcerned; heedless; inattentive; unmindful; regardless. My brother was too careless of his charge. Shak. He grew careless of himself. Steele.

A prickly plant of the genus Carlina (C. vulgaris), found in Europe and Asia.

or animals and sometimes eaten by man; -- called also St. John's bread, carob bean, and algaroba bean.

Placed in a caroche. [Obs.] Beggary rides caroched. Massenger.

Of or pertaining to a range of mountains in Austro-Hungary, called the Carpathians, which partially inclose Hungary on the north, east, and south.

A lodging for soldiers in garrison towns, usually near the rampart; barracks. Bescherelle.

To disband. [Obs.] Garges.