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The bells of Bow Church in London; cockneydom. People born within the sound of Bow-bells are usually called cockneys. Murray's Handbook of London.

One born within hearing distance of Bow-bells; a cockney. Halliwell.

Having a ruptured belly. [R.]

mination called Christians or Disciples of Christ. They themselves repudiate the term Campbellite as a nickname. See Christian, 3.

Pertaining to the cerebellum.

The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain.

A soft, sweet stop, or set of open wood pipes in an organ.

Carryng on war in conjunction with another power.

A genus of univale shells, abundant in tropical seas. Some species, as Columbella mercatoria, were formerly used as shell money.

Corbel work or the construction of corbels; a series of corbels or piece of continuous corbeled masonry, sometimes of decorative purpose, as in the stalactite ornament of the Moslems.

A peculiar perforated organ of certain spiders (Ciniflonidæ), used for spinning a special kind of silk.

To subdue; to conquer in war. [Obs.] Speed.

The act of conquering or subduing. [Obs.]

To deprive of embellishment; to disadorn. Carlyle.

An aqueous solution of carbolic acid, borax, sodium bicarbonate, and glycerin, used as a spray in diseases of the nose and throat.

A weight, consisting of two spheres or spheroids, connected by a short bar for a handle; used (often in pairs) for gymnastic exercise.

To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors.

One who embellishes.

state of being adorned; adornment. In the selection of their ground, as well as in the embellishment of it. Prescott.

One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals.