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A secret organization formed at Naples, Italy, early in the 19th century, and used partly for political ends and partly for practicing extortion, violence, etc. -- Ca*mor"rist (#), n.

p. one built separate from a church. Many of the campaniles od Italy are lofty and magnificent atructures. Swift.

(Serinus Canarius), a native of the Canary Islands. It was brought to Europe in the 16th century, and made a household pet. It generally has a yellowish body with the wings and tail greenish, but in its wild state it is more frequently of gray or brown color. It is sometimes called canary finch.canary.…

y ecclesiastical authority. Various canons which were made in councils held in the second centry. Hock.

ation of saints was not known to the Christian church titl toward the middle of the tenth century. Hoock.

A singer; esp. the leader of a church choir; a precentor. The cantor of the church intones the Te Deum. Milman.

f or belonging to a cantor. Cantoral staff, the official staff or baton of a cantor or precentor, with which time is marked for the singers.

A piece or point of land, extending beyind the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; a promonotory; a headland. Cape buffalo (Zoöl.) a large and powerful buffalo of South Africa (Bubalus Caffer). It is said to be the most dangerous wild beast of Africa. See Buffalo, 2. -- Cape jasmine, Cape jassamine. See Jasmine. -…

Divination by means of the ascent or motion of smoke.

The order had recently been founded by Maria Longa.

The caravel of the 16th century was a small vessel with broad bows, high, narrow poop, four masts, and lateen sails. Columbus commanded three caravels on his great voyage.

of a secret political association in Italy, organized in the early part of the nineteenth centry for the purpose of changing the government into a republic.

nd sand together in an electric furnace. The commercial article is dark-colored and iridescent. It is harder than emery, and is used as an abrasive.

onal depression. It differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a central core, and is frequently fatal. It is also called anthrax.

inal signs (Astron.) Aries, Lidra, Cancer, and Capricorn. -- Cardinal teeth (Zoöl.), the central teeth of bivalve shell. See Bivalve. -- Cardinal veins (Anat.), the veins in vertebrate embryos, which run each side of the vertebral column and returm the blood to the heart. They remain through life in some fishes. --…

ern West Indies), or to the sea (called the Caribbean sa) lying between those islands and Central America.

A silver coin once current in some parts of Italy, worth about seven cents. Simmonds.

Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel) established on Mount Carmel, in Syria, in the twelfth century; a White Friar.

k, having very beautiful flowers of various colors, esp. white and usually a rich, spicy scent.

st a window on the inner side, to sit in for study. The word was used as late as the 16th century. A bay window may thus be called a carol. Parker.