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A salt or carbonic acid, as in limestone, some forms of lead ore, etc.

An explosive composed of nitrobenzene, saltpeter, sulphur, and kieselguhr.

The basal joint of the maxilla in insects.

erbaceos plant (Cynara Cardunculus) related to the artichoke; -- used in cookery and as a sald.

A south American fresh water fish of the genus Serrasalmo of many species, remakable for its voracity. When numerous they attack man or beast, often with fatal results.

ous chloride of potassium and magnesium, sometimes found associated with deposits of rock salt.

A drinking match; a carousal. The early feast and late carouse. Pope.

riage. 1. Sam. xvii. 22. And after those days we took up our carriages and went up to Jerusalem. Acts. xxi. 15.

. -- Cash boy, in large retail stores, a messenger who carries the money received by the salesman from customers to a cashier, and returns the proper change. [Colloq.] -- Cash credit, an account with a bank by which a person or house, having given security for repayment, draws at pleasure upon the bank to the extent o…

ly having an automatic adding machine and a money drawer and exhibiting the amount of the sale.

ere, Thibet, and the Himalayas. Some cashmere, of fine quality, is richly embroidered for sale to Europeans.

A brownish purple pigment, obtained by the action of some compounds of tin upon certain salts of gold. It is used in painting and staining porcelain and glass to give a beautiful purple color. Commonly called Purple of Cassius.

e mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons. She . . . cast in her mind what manner of salution this should be. Luke. i. 29.

Ascending and descending fresh streams from and to the sea, as the salmon; anadromous. [R.]

Universal or general; as, the catholic faith. Men of other countries [came] to bear their part in so great and catholic a war. Southey.

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

The state or quality of being catholic; universality.

In a catholic manner; generally; universally. Sir L. Cary.

The quality of being catholic; universality; catholicity.

Armenians of Russia, Turkey, and Persia, including the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, and Sis.