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that which resembles sugar or candy. Those frosts that winter brings Which candy every green. Drayson.

he letter r. See R. -- Canine madness, hydrophobia. -- Canine toth, a toth situated between the incisor and bicuspid teeth, so called because well developen in dogs; usually, the third tooth from the front on each side of each jaw; an eyetooth, or the corresponding tooth in the lower jaw.

cut and polished. It burns readily, with a clear, yellow flame, and on this account has been used as a substitute for candles.

In the manner of cannibal. "An he had been cannibally given." Shak.

The largest size of type having a specific name; -- so called from having been used for printing the canons of the church.

A deep gorge, ravine, or gulch, between high and steep banks, worn by water courses. [Mexico & Western U. S.]

(Lytta, or Cantharis, vesicatoria), having an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green 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 p…

The operation of forming a new canthus, when one has been destroyed by injury or disease.

See Canteen.

A woman who carries a canteen for soldiers; a vivandière.

A piece of strong cloth of which the surface has been prepared to receive painting, commonly painting in oil. History . . . does not bring out clearly upon the canvas the details which were familiar. J. H. Newman.

marine fish (Mallotus villosus) of the family Salmonidæ, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for the cod. [Written also capelan and caplin.]

The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), much used for pickles.

tion. Capillary attraction, Capillary repulsion, the apparent attraction or repulsion between a soild and liquid caused bycapillarity. See Capillarity, and Attraction. -- Capillarity tubes. See the Note under Capillarity.

A floss or waste obtained from the cocoon after the silk has been reeled off, used for shag.

Taken prisoner; made captive; insnared; charmed. Women have been captivate ere now. Shak.

gem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort. Her heart is like some fortress that has been captured. W. Ivring.

The order had recently been founded by Maria Longa.

he 16th century was a small vessel with broad bows, high, narrow poop, four masts, and lateen sails. Columbus commanded three caravels on his great voyage.

ember of a secret political association in Italy, organized in the early part of the nineteenth centry for the purpose of changing the government into a republic.