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A king of parrot, of a beautiful green color, found in the Philippine Islands.

A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc. C. Kingsley. Kane.

of rock crystal, or crystallized quartz, found esp, in the mountain of Cairngorm, in Scotland.

A captive; a prisoner. [Obs.] Avarice doth tyrannize over her caitiff and slave. Holland.

The ancient Latin name of Scotland; -- still used in poetry.

Of or pertaining to Caledonia or Scotland; Scottish; Scotch. -- n.

A hydrous sulphate of copper and lead, found in some parts of Caledonia or Scotland.

A small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man.

r punishment; a survey, grant, or deed calls for the metes and bounds, or the quantity of land, etc., which it describes. (b) To give an order for; to request. "Whenever the coach stopped, the sailor called for more ale." Marryat. -- To call on, To call upon, (a) To make a short visit to; as, call on a friend. (b) To…

Title; appellation; name. [Obs.] I am more proud to be Sir Rowland's son His youngest son, and would not change that calling. Shak.

o accuse falsely and maliciously of a crime or offense, or of something disreputable; to slander; to libel. Hatred unto the truth did always falsely report and calumniate all godly men's doings. Strype. Syn. asperse; slander; defame; vilify; traduce; belie; bespatter; blacken; libel. See Asperse.

Containing calumny; slanderous. Montagu.

Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and injurious to reputation; slanderous; as, calumnious reports. Virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes. Shak.

se, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction. "Infamouse calumnies." Motley. Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. Shak.

he light, which reaches it through a narrow vertical slit; -- used in photographing broad landscapes. Abney.

An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England. Halliwell. Camp bedstead, a light bedstead that can be folded up onto a small space for easy transportation. -- camp ceiling (Arch.), a kind ceiling often used in attics or garrets, in which the side walls are inclined inward at the top, following the slope…

A Native or inbabitant of the land of Canaan, esp. a member of any of the tribes who inhabited Canaan at the time of the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.

An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc.

Of or pertaining to the Canary Islands; as, canary wine; canary birds.

A small singing bird of the Finch family (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 cal…