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The fragrant flowers of the Chloranthus inconspicuus, used in China for perfuming tea.

The machinery of a clock, or machinary resembling that of a clock; machinery which produced regularity of movement.

A large variety of the domestic fowl, originally from Cochin China (Anam).

A kind of steward or agent. [China] S. W. Williams

An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.

A large basket or hamper of wickerwork, used for the transportation of china, crockery, and similar wares.

The art or process of transferring pictures and designs to china, glass, marble, etc., and permanently fixing them thereto.

ithecus nemæus), remarkable for its varied and brilliant colors. It is a native of Cochin China.

a), a remarkably swift-footed animal, inhabiting the deserts of Central Asia, Thibet, and China.

this indefinite sense, the word is applied to Asia Minor, Syria, Chaldea, Persia, India, China, etc.; as, the riches of the East; the diamonds and pearls of the East; the kings of the East. The gorgeous East, with richest hand, Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold. Milton.

A species of deer (Elaphurus Davidianus) found in china. It about four feet high at the shoulder and has peculiar antlers.

in their larval states, become inclosed within a cyst in the muscles, liver, etc. See Trichina.

Any parasite which lives in the internal organs of an animal, as the tapeworms, Trichina, etc.; -- opposed to ectoparasite. See Entozoön. -- En`do*par`a*sit"ic, a.

A genus of water lilies, growing in India and China. The only species (E. ferox) is very prickly on the peduncles and calyx. The rootstocks and seeds are used as food.

A yellow pigment imported from India and China. It has a strong odor, and is said to be obtained from the urine of herbivorous animals when fed on the mango. It consists if a magnesium salt of euxanthic acid. Called also puri, purree, and Indian yellow.

Articles for the table, as china or silverware, that are more or less flat, as distinguished from hollow ware.

ished with figurative language; florid; as, a flowery style. Milton. The flowery kingdom, China.

f anything is directed, or the point toward which motion is made; We sailed from Peru for China and Japan. Bacon.

A department in China comprising several hsein; also, the chief city of a department; -- often forming the last part of a name; as, Paoting-fu.

city boy; a young street Arab. In Japan, the gamins run after you, and say, 'Look at the Chinaman.' L. Oliphant.