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Pertaining to cholesterin, or obtained from it; as, cholesteric acid. Ure.

In a manner becoming the principles of the Christian religion. Sufferings . . . patiently and Christianly borne. Sharp.

Continuing for a long time; lingering; habitual. Chronic disease, one which is inveterate, of long continuance, or progresses slowly, in distinction from an acute disease, which speedly terminates.

ith a long tube. [Slang, Eng.] There was a small wooden table placed in front of the smoldering fire, with decanters, a jar of tobacco, and two long churchwardens. W. Black.

A canopy usually standing free and supported on four columns, covering the high altar, or, very rarely, a secondary altar.

tain organs, as the air passages of the higher animals, and in the lower animals often covering also the whole or a part of the exterior. They are also found on some vegetable organisms. In the Infusoria, and many larval forms, they are locomotive organs.

A superintendent or keeper of a church's valuables; a churchwarden. [Obs.] Bailey.

A Linnæan genus of free-flowering composite plants, mostly from South Africa. Several species are cultivated for ornament.

To get by ciphering; as, to cipher out the answer.

A mean or inferior poet, perhaps from his habit of wandering around as a stroller; an itinerant poet. Also, a name given to the cyclic poets. See under Cyclic, a. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Adhering to a fixed circle of legends; cyclic; hence, mean; inferior. See Cyclic poets, under Cyclic. Had Virgil been a circular poet, and closely adhered to history, how could the Romans have had Dido Dennis.

Going about or abroad; walking or wandering from house to house. Addison.

Condition of being circumjacent, or of bordering ou every side.

houses, palaces, churches, etc. -- Civil death. (Law.) See under Death. -- Civil engineering. See under Engineering. -- Civil law. See under Law. -- Civil list. See under List. -- Civil remedy (Law), that given to a person injured, by action, as opposed to a criminal prosecution. -- Civil service, all service re…

Rendering a criminal process civil. [Obs.]

A small inclosed pond used for gathering and greening oysters.

A power, attributed to some persons while in a mesmeric state, of discering objects not perceptible by the senses in their normal condition.

A division of passerine birds in which the vocal muscles are but little developed, so that they lack the power of singing.

The act of clambering. T. Moore.

Opposition; contradiction; as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes, etc. Clashes between popes and kings. Denham.