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An opacity of the crystalline lens, or of its capsule, which prevents the passage of the rays of light and impairs or destroys the sight.

r interrogate; to examine or try by questions; -- sometimes with a view to reproof, by eliciting from a person answers which condemn his own conduct. Swift.

in the region of the cathode or negative electrode, on the passage of a current of electricity through it.

The state or quality of being catholic or universal; catholicity. Jer. Taylor.

The quality of being catholic; universality; catholicity.

The quality of being caustic; corrosiveness; as, the causticity of potash.

The quality of being caustic; causticity.

al, pompous march of horsemen by way of parade. He brought back war-worn cavalcade to the city. Prescott.

Properly the citron, a variety of Citrus medica, with large fruits, not acid, and having a high perfume.

itual heaven; heavenly; divine. "Celestial spirits." "Celestial light," Milton. Celestial city, heaven; the heavenly Jerusalem. Bunyan. -- Celestial empire, China; -- so called from the Chinese words, tien chan, Heavenly Dynasty, as being the kingdom ruled over by the dynasty appoined by heaven. S. W. Williams.…

A jar of vessel, or a division of a compound vessel, for holding the exciting fluid of a battery.

One of two magistrates of Rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens, and who also exercised the office of inspector of morals and conduct.

and including the cornflower or bluebottle (Centaurea Cyanus) and the star thistle (C. Calcitrapa).

The hundredth part of a liter; a measure of volume or capacity equal to a little more than six tenths (0.6102) of a cubic inch, or one third (0.338) of a fluid ounce.

he centralization of power in the general government; the centralization of commerce in a city.

That branch of physics which treats of heat and electricity. R. Park.

pendenty as a noun, and meaning certain persons. It came to pass when he was in a certain city. Luke. v. 12. About everything he wrote there was a certain natural grace und decorum. Macaulay. For certain, assuredly. -- Of a certain, certainly.

A girdle; particularly that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gave the wearer the power of exciting love.

To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate. Her intercession chafed him. Shak.

To excite ill-humor in; to vex; to mortify; as, he was not a little chagrined.