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Of the nature of cement. [R.] Forsyth.

before they are committed to the press, and to forbid their publication if they contain anything obnoxious; -- an official in some European countries.

A gentianaceous plant not fully identified. The name is usually given to the Erytheræa Centaurium and the Chlora perfoliata of Europe, but is also extended to the whole genus Sabbatia, and even to the unrelated Centaurea.

The middle or central portion of anything.

A genus of East Indian serpents, allied to the pythons; the bokadam.

Waxen; like wax. [Obs.] Gayton.

ng certain persons. It came to pass when he was in a certain city. Luke. v. 12. About everything he wrote there was a certain natural grace und decorum. Macaulay. For certain, assuredly. -- Of a certain, certainly.

Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything. The chaff and ruin of the times. Shak.

s no such thing as chance or accident; it being evident that these words do not signify anything really existing, anything that is truly an agent or the cause of any event; but they signify merely men's ignorance of the real and immediate cause. Samuel Clark. Any society into which chance might throw him. Macaulay. Tha…

One who changes or alters the form of anything.

That through which anything passes; means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to us by different channels. The veins are converging channels. Dalton. At best, he is but a channel to convey to the National assembly such matter as may import that body to know. Burke.

Anything worn for its supposed efficacy to the wearer in averting ill or securing good fortune.

Wheat, or bread made from wheat. [Obs.] Drayton. Their purest cheat, Thrice bolted, kneaded, and subdued in paste. Chapman.

Anything made so as to form alternate squares lke those of a checkerboard.

To make a short, shrill, cheerful sound; to chirp. See Chirrup. "Cheruping birds." Drayton.

Made of cheveril; pliant. [Obs.] A cheveril conscience and a searching wit. Drayton.

An american bird (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) of the Finch family, so called from its note; -- called also towhee bunting and ground robin.

To be in harmony; to agree; to sut; to harmonize; to correspond; to fall in with. Everything chimed in with such a humor. W. irving.

An african ape (Anthropithecus troglodytes or Troglodytes niger) which approaches more nearly to man, in most respects, than any other ape. When full grown, it is from three to four feet high.

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