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and, and the musket to be held, at carry. -- To carry all before one, to overcome all obstacles; to have uninterrupted success. -- To carry arms (a) To bear weapons. (b) To serve as a soldier. -- To carry away. (a) (Naut.) to break off; to lose; as, to carry away a fore-topmast. (b) To take possession of the mind; t…

lt, a belt having pocket for cartridges. -- Cartridge box, a case, usually of leather, attached to a belt or strap, for holding cartridges. -- Cartridge paper. (a) A thick stout paper for inclosing cartridges. (b) A rough tinted paper used for covering walls, and also for making drawings upon.

A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book.

from which it differs more or less in strength and flavor, and the amount of outer bark attached.

The French lavender (Lawandula Stachas).

A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship. Totten.

A particular hitch or turn in the bight of a rope, into which a tackle may be hooked.

gnify down, downward, under, against, contrary or opposed to, wholly, completely; as in cataclysm, catarrh. It sometimes drops the final vowel, as in catoptric; and is sometimes changed to cath, as in cathartic, catholic.

Quality or state of being catacrotic. -- Cat`a*di*crot"ic (#), a.

presence of certain agents which were formerly believed to exert an influence by mere contact. It is now believed that such reactions are attended with the formation of an intermediate compound or compounds, so that by alternate composition and decomposition the agent is apparenty left unchanged; as, the catalysis of…

Of or relating to cataphonics; catacoustic.

That branch of acoustics which treats of reflested sounds; catacoustics.

To engage and attach; to please; to charm. The soothing arts that catch the fair. Dryden.

nstrument to be introduced into the bladder through the urethra to draw off the urine. Eustachian catheter. See under Eustachian. -- Prostatic catheter, one adapted for passing an enlarged prostate.

A slender, elastic process, to which the masses of pollen in orchidaceous plants are attached.

ed or refracted by another surface are tangents. Caustic curves and surfaces are called catacaustic when formed by reflection, and diacaustic when formed by refraction.

A small religious house attached to a monastery or convent. "Cells or dependent priories." Milman.

A receptacle, as in a dining room, for a few bottles of wine or liquor, made in the form of a chest or coffer, or a deep drawer in a sideboard, and usually lined with metal.

a group of transmitter-receiver stations so arranged that they provide adequate signal contact for such telephones over a certain geographical area. The area within which one transmitter may service such portable telephones is called its "cell.

thered or to which they tend; an object of attention, action, or force; as, a center of attaction.