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An explosive composed of nitrobenzene, saltpeter, sulphur, and kieselguhr.

To exalt to the office of a cardinal. Sheldon.

us chloride of potassium and magnesium, sometimes found associated with deposits of rock salt.

s, a strange case; a case of injustice; the case of the Indian tribes. In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge. Deut. xxiv. 13. If the case of the man be so with his wife. Matt. xix. 10. And when a lady's in the case. You know all other things give place. Gay. You think this madness but a common case. Pope. I am…

A brownish purple pigment, obtained by the action of some compounds of tin upon certain salts of gold. It is used in painting and staining porcelain and glass to give a beautiful purple color. Commonly called Purple of Cassius.

To warp; to become twisted out of shape. Stuff is said to cast or warp when . . . it alters its flatness or straightness. Moxon.

To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter.

A vault under altar of a Greek church.

ions are attended with the formation of an intermediate compound or compounds, so that by alternate composition and decomposition the agent is apparenty left unchanged; as, the catalysis of making ether from alcohol by means of sulphuric acid; or catalysis in the action of soluble ferments (as diastase, or ptyalin) on…

Unnatural; contrary to nature. [R.] Some artists . . . have given to Sir Walter Scott a pile of forehead which is unpleassing and cataphysical. De Quincey.

mmatory affection of any mucous membrane, in which there are congestion, swelling, and an altertion in the quantity and quality of mucus secreted; as catarrh of the stomach; catarrh of the bladder.

Like a cat; stealthily; noiselessly.

it. If his countenance appeared distorted and ghastly, it was an ill omen; if fresh and healthy, it was favorable.

The roes of the sturgeon, prepared and salted; -- used as a relish, esp. in Russia.

Height; altitude. [Obs.]

To perfume with odors from burning gums and spices. The Salii sing and cense his altars round. Dryden.

o blame; to express disapprobation of. I may be censured that nature thus gives way to loyalty. Shak.

The infliction of the death penalty upon one person in every hundred, as in cases of mutiny.

the ceremonies thereof shall ye keep it [the Passover]. Numb. ix. 3 Bring her up the high altar, that she may The sacred ceremonies there partake. Spenser. [The heralds] with awful ceremony And trumpet's sound, throughout the host proclaim A solemn council. Milton.

cetain information to; to assure; to make certain. We certify the king, that . . . thou shalt have no portion on this side the river. Ezra iv. 16.