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izor) for the head and neck; a helmet. His casque overshadowed with brilliant plumes. Prescott.

A cloth with a cotton wart, and a woof of very fine wool, or wool and silk.

, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift. [Scotch] We bargained with the driver to give us a cast to the next stage. Smollett. If we had the cast o' a cart to bring it. Sir W. Scott.

beaver. I have always been known for the jaunty manner in which I wear my castor. Sir W. Scott.

Unnatural; contrary to nature. [R.] Some artists . . . have given to Sir Walter Scott a pile of forehead which is unpleassing and cataphysical. De Quincey.

tenæ of games, which it seems now the fashion of commentators to link together. C. J. Ellicott.

A Highland robber: a kind of irregular soldier. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

tructive, Many of them are popularly called worms, as the cutworm, cankerworm, army worm, cotton worm, silkworm.

Having a raised way (causeway or causey); paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté.

s march of horsemen by way of parade. He brought back war-worn cavalcade to the city. Prescott.

The practice or principles of cavaliers. Sir. W. Scott.

The space or storerooms of a cellar; a cellar. Sir W. Scott. You hear this fellow in the cellarage. Shak.

A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; -- originaly called xyl…

Europe, and whose descendants at the present day occupy Ireland, Wales, the Highlands of Scotland, and the northern shores of France. [Written also Kelt. The letter C was pronounced hard in Celtic languages.]

Placed in the center or middle; central. At York or some other centrical place. Sir W. Scott. -- Cen"tric*al*ly, adv. -- Cen"tric*al*ness, n.

the courts of princes; outward form. The gorgeous ceremonial of the Burgundian court. Prescott.

A rate or tax. [Obs. or Prof. Eng. & Scot.] Spenser.

ble. Two slips of parchment which she sewed round it to prevent its being chafed. Sir W. Scott.

A small chain. Sir W. Scott.

A summer cottage or country house in the Swiss mountains; any country house built in the style of the Swiss cottages.