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A forest composed of stunted trees and thorny bushes, found in areas of small rainfall in Brazil.

us. See Cereus. They usually have leafless stems and branches, often beset with clustered thorns, and are mostly natives of the warmer parts of America. Cactus wren (Zoöl.), an American wren of the genus Campylorhynchus, of several species.

ough an experience calculated to lead him beyond the scope of generally received laws. Hawthorne.

ifted. Camel bird (Zoöl.), the ostrich. -- Camel locust (Zoöl.), the mantis. -- Camel's thorn (Bot.), a low, leguminous shrub (Alhagi maurorum) of the Arabian desert, from which exudes a sweetish gum, which is one of the substances called manna.

Holy bark; the bark of the California buckthorn (Rhamnus Purshianus), used as a mild cathartic or laxative.

ith one cast of an eye. Addison. This freakish, elvish cast came into the child's eye. Hawthorne.

onal; incidental; as, casual expenses. A constant habit, rather than a casual gesture. Hawthorne.

kin or leather, usually open at the back, worn, esp. by cowboys, to protect the legs from thorny bushes, as in the chaparral; -- called also chapareras or colloq. chaps. [Sp. Amer.]

An almost impenetrable thicket or succession of thickets of thorny shrubs and brambles. Chaparral cock; fem. Chaparral hen (Zoöl.), a bird of the cuckoo family (Geococcyx Californianus), noted for running with great speed. It ranges from California to Mexico and eastward to Texas; -- called also road runner, ground cuc…

a cheery person. His cheery little study, where the sunshine glimmered so pleasantly. Hawthorne.

Moving in a circle; turning round. Hawthorne.

Resembling clods; gross; low; stupid; boorish. Hawthorne. -- Clod"dish*ness, n.

Parsimonious; stingy. "A crusty old fellow, as close as a vise." Hawthorne.

Covetous; niggardly. Bp. Berkeley. "Closefisted contractors." Hawthorne.

ce of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag. His garments, nought but many ragged clouts, With thorns together pinned and patched was. Spenser. A clout upon that head where late the diadem stood. Shak.

A cluster; a group; a thicket. A clump of shrubby trees. Hawthorne.

A variety of Cratægus, or hawthorn (C. Crus-galli), having long, straight thorns; -- called also Cockspur thorn.

disturb; to stir up. [R.] Society being more or less commoted and made uncomfortable. Hawthorne.

ke into the mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand. "I conceive you." Hawthorne. O horror, horror, horror! Tongue nor heart Cannot conceive nor name thee! Shak. You will hardly conceive him to have been bred in the same climate. Swift.

ware; sensible. Her conscious heart imputed suspicion where none could have been felt. Hawthorne. The man who breathes most healthilly is least conscious of his own breathing. De Quincey.