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whose inward and outward life is conformed to the doctrines of Christ. The disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. Acts xi. 26.

the Paliurus aculeatus, Zizyphus Spina-Christi, and Z. vulgaris. The last bears the fruit called jujube, and may be considered to have been the most readily obtainable for the Crown of Thorns.

A black submetallic mineral consisting of oxide of chromium and iron; -- called also chromic iron.

ad chromate, etc., which are brilliantly colored and are used dyeing and calico printing. Called also chrome.

paratus by which a number of copies of written matter, maps, plans, etc., can be made; -- called also hectograph.

A protoplasmic granule of some other color than green; -- also called chromoleucite.

ssential constituent of Goa powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid proper; hence formerly called also chrysphanic acid.

agnesia, and iron, of a yellow to green color. It is common in certain volcanic rocks; -- called also olivine and peridot. Sometimes used as a gem. The name was also early used for yellow varieties of tourmaline and topaz.

own to be a derivative of an anthracene. It is used in the treatment of skin diseases; -- called also rhein, rheic acid, rhubarbarin, etc.

colias) in some years found in abundance on the Atlantic coast, but absent in others; -- called also bull mackerel, thimble-eye, and big-eye mackerel. -- Chub sucker (Zoöl.), a fresh-water fish of the United States (Erimyzon sucetta); -- called also creekfish.

A small pebble; -- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone. [Scot.]

A species of goatsucker (Antrostomus Carolinensis), of the southern United States; -- so called from its note.

An insect that turns about nimbly; the mole cricket; -- called also fan cricket. Johnson.

A perennial alliaceous plant (Allium fistulosum), sometimes called Welsh onion. Its fistular leaves areused in cookery.

d membranes, acted upon by powerful muscles. A noted American species (C. septendecim) is called the seventeen year locust. Another common species is the dogday cicada.

Pica type; -- so called by French printers.

N2O, with a bitter taste and qualities similar to, but weaker than, quinine; -- sometimes called also cinchonidia.

One of the quinine group of alkaloids isomeric with and resembling cinchonidine; -- called also cinchonia.

m in which the lateral branches arise alternately on opposite sides of the false axis; -- called also scorpioid cyme. --Cin*cin"nal (#), a.

Styrene (which was formerly called cinnamene because obtained from cinnamic acid). See Styrene.