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of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee. [U. S.] The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day. S. G. Goodrich.

nger (d. 1891), whose militarism and advocacy of revenge on Germany attracted to him a miscellaneous party of monarchists and Republican malcontents. -- Bou*lan"gist (#), n.

Miscellaneous curiosities and works of decorative art, considered collectively. A piece of bric-a-brac, any curious or antique article of virtu, as a piece of antiquated furniture or metal work, or an odd knickknack.

terous insect of several species, which destroys the buds of fruit trees; esp. Tmetocera ocellana and Eccopsis malana on the apple tree.

ere butter, milk and other provisions are kept. All that need a cool and fresh temper, as cellars, pantries, and butteries, to the north. Sir H. Wotton.

Having a spongy or porous stracture; made up of cancelli; cancellated; as, the cancellous texture of parts of many bones.

Same as Cella.

To overlay or coat with cement; as, to cement a cellar bottom.

A mild, eruptive disease, generally attacking children only; varicella.

An annulling; cancellation. [R.] Ayliffe.

Shaped like a lattice; cancellate. Gray.

Passages selected from various authors, usually for purposes of instruction; miscellany; anthology.

office, hotel, or the like. The commissionaire familiar to European travelers performs miscellaneous services as a light porter, messenger, solicitor for hotels, etc.

One of a class of attendants, in some European cities, who perform miscellaneous services for travelers.

The soft, spongy, or cancellated substance between the plates of the skull.

various kinds of food Hence drysalters usually sell a number of saline substances and miscellaneous drugs. Brande & C.

A sack to hold miscellaneous articles, as tools, supplies, or the like.

talline substance, C20H22O10, extracted from certain lichens, as the various species of Rocella. It is a derivative of orsellinic acid. So called because of certain red compounds derived from it. Called also erythric acid.

hollowing; to shape, as a cavity, or anything that is hollow; as, to excavate a canoe, a cellar, a channel.

A small hand pump for sinking pits, draining cellars, etc.