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Service due from a bordar; bordage.

A wall of separation in a shaft or gallery used for ventilation.

The wooden boarding used in supporting the roofs and walls of coal mines. See Brattice.

A kind of fungus. See Puffball.

The larva of a caddice fly. These larvæ generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with pieces of broken shells, gravel, bits of wood, etc. They are a favorite bait with anglers. Called also caddice worm, or caddis worm. Caddice fly (Zoöl.), a species of trichopterous insect, whose la…

Consisting of, or containing calcareous and siliceous earths.

See Chalice.

A female professional singer.

feeling, opinion, or action, proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion. "Caprices of appetite." W. Irving.

A cup or bowl; especially, the cup used in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper.

Having a calyx or cup; cupshaped. "Chaliced flowers." Shak.

One of the anterior pair of mouth organs, terminated by a pincherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida. They are homologous with the falcers of spiders, and probably with the mandibles of insects.

The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court. Lord Chief Justice of England, The presiding judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. The highest judicial officer of the realm is the Lord High Chancellor. -- Chief Justice of the United States, the presiding judge of the Supreme Court, a…

The office of chief justice. Jay selected the chief-justiceship as most in accordance with his tastes. The Century.

The power or opportunity of choosing; option. Choice there is not, unless the thing which we take be so in our power that we might have refused it. Hooker.

Making choices; fickle. [Obs.] His choiceful sense with every change doth fit. Spenser.

With care in choosing; with nice regard to preference. "A band of men collected choicely, from each county some." Shak.

The quality of being of particular value or worth; nicely; excellence.

A cicatrix.

Any one of several umbelliferous plants, of the genera Myrrhis, Osmorrhiza, etc.