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out whom all things are grouped, as in religion or history; tending toward Christ, as the central object of thought or emotion. J. W. Chadwick.

A company assembled, or conceived to assemble, about a central point of interest, or bound by a common tie; a class or division of society; a coterie; a set. As his name gradually became known, the circle of his acquaintance widened. Macaulay.

s to Alexandria, one of which is now on the Thames Embankment in London, and the other in Central Park, in the City of New York.

ovetailed together at the corners, as in a log house; in marine work, often surrounding a central space filled with stones; as, a cobwork dock or breakwater.

onsisting of the dried bodies of females of the Coccus cacti, an insect native in Mexico, Central America, etc., and found on several species of cactus, esp. Opuntia cochinellifera.

A plant of Central and Southern Anerica, of the Cactus familly, extensively cultivated for the sake of the cochineal insect, which lives on it.

A Central and South American pinnate-leaved palm (Attalea cohune), the very large and hard nuts of which are turned to make fancy articles, and also yield an oil used as a substitute for coconut oil.

Tending to collect; forming a collection. Local is his throne . . . to fix a point, A central point, collective of his sons. Young.

The central pillar or axis of the calicles of certain corals.

A broad ice sheet resting on a plain or plateau and spreading outward from a central névé, or region of accumulation.

rt or inner part of a thing, as of a column, wall, rope, of a boil, etc.; especially, the central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds; as, the core of an apple or quince. A fever at the core, Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore. Byron.

The name in Central America for the seed of a true palm; also, a commercial name for the true ivory nut. See Ivory nut.

A small foxlike mammal (Cynalopex corsac), found in Central Asia. [Written also corsac.]

il is constructed in a cove. -- Coved vault, a vault composed of four coves meeting in a central point, and therefore the reverse of a groined vault.

er. Bowling crease (Cricket), a line extending three feet four inches on each side of the central strings at right angles to the line between the wickets. -- Return crease (Cricket), a short line at each end of the bowling crease and at right angles to it, extending toward the bowler. -- Popping crease (Cricket),, a…

The tin ore which collects in the central part of the washing pit or buddle.

hat form; thus, the Cross of the British Order of St. George and St. Michael consist of a central medallion with seven arms radiating from it.

A small central plane in the back of a cut gem. See Collet, 3 (b).

(Pennisetum typhoideum) found in all tropical regions, used as food for men and cattle in Central Africa.

A genus of plants native to Mexico and Central America, of the order Compositæ; also, any plant or flower of the genus. The numerous varieties of cultivated dahlias bear conspicuous flowers which differ in color.