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A frequenter of a city boulevard, esp. in Paris. F. Harrison.

merchants, bankers, etc., meet for business at certain hours; esp., the Stock Exchange of Paris.

a pension from the church wardens for being bullbeggar to all the forward children in the parish. Mountfort (1691).

y and rating of vessels all over the world. It was founded in Belgium in 1828, removed to Paris in 1830, and reëstablished in Brussels in 1870.

ash for the ceiling or other plastering of a room, consisting of a mixture of clear glue, Paris white or zinc white, and water. [Also spelt kalsomine.]

to call, or call off, the items of an account; to call the roll of a military company. No parish clerk who calls the psalm so clear. Gay.

rly 8 a. m. to 12 m.) before and after which marriage can not be legally performed in any parish church. -- Canonical letters, letters of several kinds, formerly given by a dishop to traveling clergymam or laymen, to show that they were entitled to receive the cammunion, and to distinguish them from heretics. -- Cano…

The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), much used for pickles.

The currantlike fruit of the African and Arabian caper (Capparis sodado).

nse, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation; as, Washington and Paris are capital cities.

A parisan of Charles X. Of France, or of Dod Carlos of Spain.

One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.

A chapel or dependent church built for the ease or a accommodation of an increasing parish, or for parishioners who live at a distance from the principal church. (b) A privy. (Law) -- Chapel master, a director of music in a chapel; the director of a court or orchestra. -- To build a chapel (Naut.), to chapel a ship. S…

A church or parish festival (as in commemoration of the dedication of a church), at which much ale was used. Wright. Nares.

A parish officer, being a layman who leads in reading the responses of the Episcopal church service, and otherwise assists in it. [Eng.] Hook. And like unlettered clerk still cry "Amen". Shak.

A feast for the benefit of the parish clerk. [Eng.] T. Warton.

That which is earthy and of little relative value, as the body of man in comparison with the soul. This cold clod of clay which we carry about with us. T. Burnet.

The act of collating or comparing; a comparison of one copy er thing (as of a book, or manuscript) with another of a like kind; comparison, in general. Pope.

ns from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris.

nstrument for measuring the depth of the color of anything, especially of a liquid, by comparison with a standard liquid.