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

A receptacle for rags or shreds.

ies of flea (Pulex penetrans), common in the West Indies and South America, which often attacks the feet or any exposed part of the human body, and burrowing beneath the skin produces great irritation. When the female is allowed to remain and breed, troublesome sores result, which are sometimes dangerous. See Jigger. […

mold, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it. Raymond.

. They have numerous segments, each bearing two pairs of small, slender legs, which are attached ventrallly, near together.

orders of myriapods, including the centipeds. They have a single pair of elongated legs attached laterally to each segment; well developed jaws; and a pair of thoracic legs converted into poison fangs. They are insectivorous, very active, and some species grow to the length of a foot.

A tract of crown land in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, to which is attached the nominal office of steward. As members of Parliament cannot resign, when they wish to go out they accept this stewardship, which legally vacates their seats.

The upper robe worn by a bishop, to which lawn sleeves are usually attached. Hook.

The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line. Buffalo chips. See under Buffalo. -- Chip ax, a small ax for chipping timber into shape. -- Chip bonnet, Chip hat, a bonnet or a hat made of Chip. See Chip, n., 3. -- A chip off the old block, a child who resembles either of his parents. [Colloq.] Milton.- Potat…

amorphous horny substance forming the harder part of the outer integument of insects, crustacea, and various other invertebrates; entomolin.

ed to the armadillo. It is covered with a leathery shell or coat of mail, like a cloak, attached along the spine.

e saturated with chlorophyll pigments. Under light of varying intensity they exhibit phototactic movements. In animals chloroplasts occur only in certain low forms.

Funnel-shaped; -- applied particularly to a hollow muscle attached to the ball of the eye in many reptiles and mammals.

Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting.

acteristic of Christian people; civilized; kind; kindly; gentle; beneficent. The graceful tact; the Christian art. Tennyson. Christian Commission. See under Commission. -- Christian court. Same as Ecclesiastical court. -- Christian era, the present era, commencing with the birth of Christ. It is supposed that owing t…

One was is attached to, or attends, church.

The state or quality of being a churchman; attachment to the church.

A knot of silk or ribbon attached to a fan, walking stick, etc. [Obs.]

besieged place and the besieging army, to protect the camp of the besiegers against the attack of an enemy from without.

An order of Crustacea including the barnacles. When adult, they have a calcareous shell composed of several pieces. From the opening of the shell the animal throws out a group of curved legs, looking like a delicate curl, whence the name of the group. See Anatifa.