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Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte or his family.

The policy of Bonaparte or of the Bonapartes.

One attached to the policy or family of Bonaparte, or of the Bonapartes.

See Buffer, 1.

Same as Calcite.

Chamber; house; -- used in Ca"ma*ra dos Pa"res, and Ca"ma*ra dos De`pu*ta"dos. See Legislature.

An African ruminant; the giraffe. See Giraffe.

gs of a horse, taken collectively, esp. when decorative. Their horses clothed with rich caparison. Drylen.

A large South American monkey (Lagothrix Humboldtii), with prehensile tail.

at the back, worn, esp. by cowboys, to protect the legs from thorny bushes, as in the chaparral; -- called also chapareras or colloq. chaps. [Sp. Amer.]

Same as Chaparajos. [Sp. Amer.]

n almost impenetrable thicket or succession of thickets of thorny shrubs and brambles. Chaparral cock; fem. Chaparral hen (Zoöl.), a bird of the cuckoo family (Geococcyx Californianus), noted for running with great speed. It ranges from California to Mexico and eastward to Texas; -- called also road runner, ground cuck…

Scrimping; mean; as, cheeseparing economy.

Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison. There is no blessing of life comparable to the enjoyment of a discreet and virtuous friend. Addison. -- Com"pa*ra*ble*ness, n. -- Com"pa*ra*bly, adv.

One of two things compared together.

A making ready; provision. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to comparison. "The comparative faculty." Granvill.

According to estimate made by comparison; relatively; not positively or absolutely. With but comparatively few exceptions. Prescott.

An instrument or machine for comparing anything to be measured with a standard measure; -- applied especially to a machine for comparing standards of length.

hings, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to bring into comparison; to regard with discriminating attention. Compare dead happiness with living woe. Shak. The place he found beyond expression bright, Compared with aught on earth. Milton. Compare our faces and be judge yourself. Shak. To c…