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To perform a capriole. Carlyle.

A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of scarlet) called by the Greeks anthrax; found in the East Indies. When held up to the sun, it loses its deep tinge, and becomes of the color of burning coal. The name belongs for the most part to ruby sapphire, though it has been also given to red spinel and garnet.…

A coin. See Carline.

Of or pertaining to a chasm; abounding in chasms. Carlyle. They cross the chasmy torrent's foam-lit bed. Wordsworth.

r almonds. -- Cherry pepper (Bot.), a species of Capsicum (C. cerasiforme), with small, scarlet, intensely piquant cherry-shaped fruit. -- Cherry pit. (a) A child's play, in which cherries are thrown into a hole. Shak. (b) A cherry stone. -- Cherry rum, rum in which cherries have been steeped. -- Cherry sucker (Zoö…

Claminess; moisture. [R.] "The clam of death." Carlyle.

claws; seizure; grasp. "The clutch of poverty." Cowper. An expiring clutch at popularity. Carlyle. But Age, with his stealing steps, Hath clawed me in his clutch. Shak.

coil, they oscillate. Tyndall. No longer rocking and swaying, but clashing and colliding. Carlyle.

To hold in check; to restrain. [R.] Carlyle.

Agreement; accordance. Contrasts, and yet concordances. Carlyle.

onjectural analogy. Hugh Miller. Who or what such editor may be, must remain conjectural. Carlyle.

tional government; attachment or adherene to a constitution or constitutional government. Carlyle.

ns. Burke. Constitutionalities, bottomless cavilings and questionings about written laws. Carlyle.

Formed into texture; woven together; arranged; composed. [R.] Carlyle.

The color of the wild poppy; a color nearly red, like orange mixed with scarlet.

e). -- Coral tree (Bot.), a tropical, leguminous plant, of several species, with showy, scarlet blossoms and coral-red seeds. The best known is Erythrina Corallodendron. -- Coral wood, a hard, red cabinet wood. McElrath.

. Sidney. "A couple of drops" Adduson. "A couple of miles." Dickens. "A couple of weeks." Carlyle. Adding one to one we have the complex idea of a couple. Locke. [Ziba] met him with a couple of asses saddled. 2 Sam. xvi. 1.

he noise of slight and frequent cracks or reports; a crackling. The crackle of fireworks. Carlyle.

so, a fit of temper or passion. [Prov. Eng.] Violent of temper; subject to sudden cranks. Carlyle.

Without a creed. Carlyle.