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requently sold it for magic uses. Grose. I was born with a caul, which was advertised for sale, in the newspapers, at the low price of fifteen guineas. Dickens.

ect is produced. The kind of causation by which vision is produced. Whewell. Law of universal causation, the theoretical or asserted law that every event or phenomenon results from, or is the sequel of, some previous event or phenomenon, which being present, the other is certain to take place.

One who believes in the law of universal causation.

Expressing a cause or reason; causal; as, the ablative is a causative case.

The roes of the sturgeon, prepared and salted; -- used as a relish, esp. in Russia.

of the Parsley family (Apium graveolens), of which the blanched leafstalks are used as a salad.

"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.

elicate framework which remains when the soluble part (granulose) of starch is removed by saliva or pepsin. Goodale.

To perfume with odors from burning gums and spices. The Salii sing and cense his altars round. Dryden.

developed that they can leave the water and breathe in air. In Australia they are called salmon and baramunda. See Dipnoi, and Archipterygium.

al was nearly twenty feet in length, and the skull bears a bony horn core on the united nasal bones. See Illustration in Appendix.

that directs our ways Through certain dangers to uncertain praise. Dryden. Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all. Shak.

Impregnated with salts of iron; having a taste like iron; as, chalybeate springs.

A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music.

Any small book carried about for sale by chapmen or hawkers. Hence, any small book; a toy book.

Catholic in praying; a third of a rosary, or fifty beads. Her chaplet of beads and her missal. Longfellow.

One of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus, allied to the spotted trout and salmon, inhabiting deep lakes in mountainous regions in Europe. In the United States, the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) is sometimes called a char.

An order; a mandate or command; an injunction. The king gave cherge concerning Absalom. 2. Sam. xviii. 5.

Love; universal benevolence; good will.

or the contract or instrument whereby a vessel is hired or let; as, a ship is offered for sale or charter. See Charter party, below. Charter land (O. Eng. Law), land held by charter, or in socage; bookland. -- Charter member, one of the original members of a society or corporation, esp. one named in a charter, or taki…