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A kind of sauce much used in India, containing garlic, pepper, ginger, and other strong spices.

g; as, to cut out a piece from a board. (b) To shape or form by cutting; as, to cut out a garment. " A large forest cut out into walks." Addison. (c) To scheme; to contrive; to prepare; as, to cut out work for another day. "Every man had cut out a place for himself." Addison. (d) To step in and take the place of; to su…

One who cuts; as, a stone cutter; a die cutter; esp., one who cuts out garments.

A white amorphous substance, regarded as a polymeric modification of isocyanic acid.

A complex derivative of cyanogen, regarded as an acid, and known chiefly in its salts; -- called also hydromellonic acid.

A white amorphous substance, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from the corm of Cyclamen Europæum.

An orderly list for a given time; a calendar. [Obs.] We . . . present our gardeners with a complete cycle of what is requisite to be done throughout every month of the year. Evelyn.

mooth scales, destitute of marginal spines, as the herring and salmon. The group is now regarded as artificial.

A peculiar mucilaginous substance extracted from the seeds of the quince (Cydonia vulgaris), and regarded as a variety of amylose.

A small European cyprinoid fish (Squalius leuciscus or Leuciscus vulgaris); -- called also dare.

To cut into jags or points; to slash; as, to dag a garment. [Obs.] Wright.

An ornamental cutting of the edges of garments, introduced about a. d. 1346, according to the Chronicles of St Albans. [Obs.] Halliwell.

Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed.

A white crystalline, sugary substance obtained from an African caotchouc.

A crystalline vari ety of fruit sugar obtained from dambonite.

A dark green bitter resin extracted from the mezereon (Daphne mezereum) and regarded as the essential principle of the plant. [R.]

Dearly beloved; regarded with especial kindness and tenderness; favorite. "Some darling science." I. Watts. "Darling sin." Macaulay.

or unskillful manner. If a picture is daubed with many bright and glaring colors, the vulgar admire it is an excellent piece. I. Watts. A lame, imperfect piece, rudely daubed over. Dryden.

Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation; -- with to; as, deaf to reason. O, that men's ears should be To counsel deaf, but not to flattery! Shak.

er in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral condition of the college. Shipley.