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ut cant. B. Jonson That uncouth affected garb of speech, or canting hanguage, if I may so call it. Bp. Sanderson.

ce or pessage, whether vocal or instrumental, pecuilarly adapted to singing; -- sometimes called cantilena.

color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister beetle, of the apothecary; -- also called Spanish fly. Many other species of Lytta, used for the same purpose, take the same name. See Blister beetle, under Blister. The plural form in usually applied to the dried insects used in medicine.

A small portion; a division; a compartment. That little canton of land called the "English pale" Davies. There is another piece of Holbein's, . . . in which, in six several cantons, the several parts of our Savior's passion are represented. Bp. Burnet.

texture and wavy appearance, used for ladies' scarfs, shawls, bonnet trimmings, etc.; -- called also Oriental crape. De Colange.

used, especially when vulcanized, for many purposes in the arts and in manufactures. Also called India rubber (because it was first brought from India, and was formerly used chiefly for erasing pencil marks) and gum elastic. See Vulcanization. Mineral caoutchouc. See under Mineral.

cap. Cap of a cannon, a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep the priming dry; -- now called an apron. -- Cap in hand, obsequiously; submissively. -- Cap of liberty. See Liberty cap, under Liberty. -- Cap of maintenance, a cap of state carried before the kings of England at the coronation. It is also carried bef…

of thermometric degrees, and this difference is the measure of, or depends upon, whzt is called their capacity for heat. See Specific heat, under Heat.

A plant of the genus Capparis; -- called also caper bush, caper tree.

lus) of large size and fine flavor, found in northern Europe and formerly in Scotland; -- called also cock of the woods. [Written also capercaillie, capercaili.]

g the officer to take the body of the person named in it, that is, to arrest him; -- also called writ of capias.

is no reason why the reducing of any agreement to certain heads or capitula should not be called to capitulate. Trench.

The front piece of a cap; -- now more commonly called visor.

A piece in a free form, with frequent digressions from the theme; a fantasia; -- often called caprice.

A fossil echinus of the genus Cannulus; -- so called from its supposed resemblance to a cap.

on the crown reflexed and resembling a monk's cowl, the rest being of a grayish white; -- called also capucine monkey, weeper, sajou, sapajou, and sai.

and half that in height. It somewhat resembles the Guinea pig, to which it is related; -- called also cabiai and water hog.

The stars also called Charles's Wain, the Great Bear, or the Dipper. The Pleiads, Hyads, and the Northern Car. Dryden.

esembling both the eagles and the vultures. The caracaras act as scavengers, and are also called carrion buzzards.

A glass water bottle for the table or toilet; -- called also croft.