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check upon the administration of government. Washington. A man whom no check could abash. Macaulay.

marked manner, as in appearance, character, circumstances, etc. This checkered narrative. Macaulay.

Those pieces of a machine, or of any timber, or stone work, which form corresponding sides, or which are similar and in pair; as, the cheeks (jaws) of a vise; the cheeks of a gun carriage, etc.

s of applause, triumph, etc. And even the ranks of Tusculum Could scare forbear to cheer. Macaulay.

of sundry kind Do chant sweet music. Spenser. A cheerful confidence in the mercy of God. Macaulay. This general applause and cheerful shout. Shak.

A mass of pomace, or ground apples, pressed togehter in the form of a cheese.

A machine for raising guns or mortar into their carriages.

A variety of andalusite; -- called also macle. The tesselated apperance of a cross section is due to the symmetrical arrangement of impurities in the crystal.

Of, pertaining to, befitting, or resembling, a child. "Childish innocence." Macaulay.

l. Through one cloudless chink, in a black, stormy sky. Shines out the dewy morning star. Macaulay.

etc., and locally to several very different fishes, as the tautog, black bass, etc. Chub mackerel (Zoöl.), a species of mackerel (Scomber colias) in some years found in abundance on the Atlantic coast, but absent in others; -- called also bull mackerel, thimble-eye, and big-eye mackerel. -- Chub sucker (Zoöl.), a fre…

A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon.

An Episcopalian, or a member of the Established Church of England. "A zealous churchman." Macaulay.

lpy mass of semi-digested food in the small intestines just after its passage from the stomach. It is separated in the intestines into chyle and excrement. See Chyle.

A kind of weak cider made by steeping the refuse pomace in water. Ciderkin is made for common drinking, and supplies the place of small beer. Mortimer.

bacco, used for smoking. Cigar fish (Zoöl.), a fish (Decapterus punctatus), allied to the mackerel, found on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.

A machine, combining magic lantern and kinetoscope features, for projecting on a screen a series of pictures, moved rapidly (25 to 50 a second) and intermittently before an objective lens, and producing by persistence of vision the illusion of continuous motion; a moving-picture machine; also, any of several other mach…

terie; a set. As his name gradually became known, the circle of his acquaintance widened. Macaulay.

ngents, secants, etc. -- Circular note or letter. (a) (Com.) See under Credit. (b) (Diplomacy) A letter addressed in identical terms to a number of persons. -- Circular numbers (Arith.), those whose powers terminate in the same digits as the roots themselves; as 5 and 6, whose squares are 25 and 36. Bailey. Barlow.…

Flying around. The circumvolant troubles of humanity. G. Macdonald.