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ntastic; wildly or vainly conceived; having, or capable of having, no existence except in thought; as, chimerical projects.

ieties of rose derived from the Rosa Indica, and perhaps other species. (b) A flowering hothouse plant (Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis) of the Mallow family, common in the gardens of China and the east Indies. -- China shop, a shop or store for the sale of China ware or of crockery. -- China ware, porcelain; -- so called in…

Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; -- used contemptuously.

One who communicates thoughts by signs made with the hands and fingers.

The art or practice of using the manual alphabet or of communicating thoughts by sings made by the hands and fingers; a substitute for spoken or written language in intercourse with the deaf and dumb. See Dactylalogy.

To do otherwise. "Can I choose but smile" Pope. Can not choose but, must necessarily. Thou canst not choose but know who I am. Shak.

b; in the pl., the regular or daily light work of a household or farm, either within or without doors. [U. S.]

a contract, or damages for a tort, which can not be enforced against a reluctant party without suit. -- Chose in possession, a thing in possession, as distinguished from a thing in action. -- Chose local, a thing annexed to a place, as a mill. -- Chose transitory, a thing which is movable. Cowell. Blount.…

Rome 754, which year he counted as 1 a. d. This date for Christ's birth is now generally thought to be about four years too late.

Without faith in Christ; unchristian. Tennyson.

s are grouped, as in religion or history; tending toward Christ, as the central object of thought or emotion. J. W. Chadwick.

or periods, and which assigns to events or transactions their proper dates. If history without chronology is dark and confused, chronology without history is dry and insipid. A. Holmes.

Without a church. T. Fuller.

Clamor, or confused noise; buzzing. [Obs.] The churme of a thousand taunts and reproaches. Bacon.

Without any light; intensely dark. In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell. Milton.

A hot coal without flame; an ember. Swift.

Circumlocution. [Obs.] "Thou hast used no circuit of words." Huloet. Circuit court (Law), a court which sits successively in different places in its circuit (see Circuit, 6). In the United States, the federal circuit courts are commonly presided over by a judge of the supreme court, or a special circuit judge, together…

About the pole; -- applied to stars that revolve around the pole without setting; as, circumpolar stars.

To draw a line around si as to touch at certain points without cutting. See Inscribe, 5.

An event; a fact; a particular incident. The sculptor had in his thoughts the conqoeror weeping for new worlds, or the like circumstances in histery. Addison.