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A foul vein, like chalcedony, in some precious stones.

See Chalcedonic.

The ancient Latin name of Scotland; -- still used in poetry.

Of or pertaining to Caledonia or Scotland; Scottish; Scotch. -- n.

A hydrous sulphate of copper and lead, found in some parts of Caledonia or Scotland.

The French lavender (Lawandula Stachas).

A pale sea-green color; also, porcelain or fine pottery of this tint.

A marine fish of the family Chætodontidæ. The chætodonts have broad, compressed bodies, and usually bright colors.

Of or pertaining to chalcedony.

quartz, having usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax. [Written also calcedony.]

The hollow at the flexure of the arm.

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the celandine. Cheidonic acid, a weak acid extracted fron the celandine (Chelidonium majus), as a white crystalline substance.

A small stone taken from the gizzard of a young swallow. -- anciently worn as a medicinal charm.

A style of type having a narrow and heave face. It is made in all sizes.

Having hollow teeth; -- said of a group lizards. -- n.

The act of condoning or pardoning.

To pardon; to forgive. A fraud which he had either concocted or condoned. W. Black. It would have been magnanimous in the men then in power to have overlooked all these things, and, condoning the politics, to have rewarded the poetry of Burns. J. C. Shairp.

A peculiar toothlike fossil of many forms, found especially in carboniferous rocks. Such fossils are supposed by some to be the teeth of marsipobranch fishes, but they are probably the jaws of annelids.

of a baldric, constituting a mark of a very high grade in an honorary order. Cf. Grand cordon.

Doubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc. McElrath.