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untains in Austro-Hungary, called the Carpathians, which partially inclose Hungary on the north, east, and south.

An adventurer; -- a term of contempt for a Northern man seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern part of the United States after the Civil War (1865). [U. S.]

ht it carried something of argument in it. Watts. It carries too great an imputation of ignorance. Lacke.

Of a pertaining to ancient Carthage, a city of northern Africa. -- n.

products of inflammation are converted into a cheesy substance which is neither absorbed nor organized.

A constellation of the northern hemisphere, situated between Capheus and Perseus; -- so called in honor of the wife of Cepheus, a fabuolous king of Ethiopia. Cassiopeia's Chair, a group of six stars, in Cassiopeia, somewhat resembling a chair.

tes of the assembly or house are equally divided. "When there was an equal vote, the governor had the casting voice." B. Trumbull. -- Casting weight, a weight that turns a balance when exactly poised.

the northernmost of the two bright stars in the constellation Gemini, the other being Pollux.

n trees, of which the best know species are the Catalpa bignonioides, a large, ornamental North American tree, with spotted white flowers and long cylindrical pods, and the C. speciosa, of the Mississipi valley; -- called also Indian bean.

and West Indies and South America. Modified forms are much used in the lumber regions of North America, and at life-saving stations.

Made or contrived for getting small sums of money from the ignorant or unwary; as, a catchpenny book; a catchpenny show. -- n.

re, said have been introduced by Marco Polo and to be a corruption of the Tartar name for North China (Khitai, the country of the Khitans.) Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay. Tennyson.

A little cat; a kitten. "Cat nor catling." Drummond.

the abdominal cavity. An instrument with a small cavity, like a small spoon. Arbuthot. Abnormal spaces or excavations are frequently formed in the lungs, which are designated cavities or vomicæ. Quain. Body cavity, the coelum. See under Body.

An Indian pony. [Northw. U. S.]

To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High.

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.]

An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere. Dryden. A cenotaph in Westminster Abbey. Macaulay.

A cenotaph. [R.] Lord Cobham honored him with a cenotaphy. Macaulay.

One given to fault-finding; a censurer. Nor can the most circumspect attention, or steady rectitude, escape blame from censors who have no inclination to approve. Rambler.