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tile to lessen the resistance offered to the rifling. Also, a groove around the base of a cartridge, where the extractor takes hold. --Can"ne*lured (#), a.

A place where the business of canning fruit, meat, etc., is carried on. [U. S.]

A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.

See Carom. Apostolical canons. See under Apostolical. -- Augustinian canons, Black canons. See under Augustinian. -- Canon capitular, Canon residentiary, a resident member of a cathedral chapter (during a part or the whole of the year). -- Canon law. See under Law. -- Canon of the Mass (R. C. Ch.), that part of the…

A covering fixed over a bed, dais, or the like, or carried on poles over an exalted personage or a sacred object, etc. chiefly as a mark of honor. "Golden canoniec and beds of state." Dryden.

A vessel used by soldiers for carrying water, liquor, or other drink. [Written also cantine..]

A woman who carries a canteen for soldiers; a vivandière.

st at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its probable vote. I have made careful search on all hands, and canvassed the matter with all possible diligence. Woodward.

One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office, or dignity, as that of a cardinal.

occupation; profession; character; position; as, to work in the capacity of a mason or a carpenter.

A knobike protuberance of any part, esp. at the end of a bone or cartilage.

An instrument for applying a percussion cap to a gun or cartridge.

figure with its fore part like a fish. Capricorn beetle (Zoöl.), any beetle of the family Carambucidæ; one of the long-horned beetles. The larvæ usually bore into the wood or bark of trees and shurbs and are often destructive. See Girdler, Pruner.

To perform a capriole. Carlyle.

To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body. But what if carrying sail capsize the boat Byron.

a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc.

Chief; superior. [R.] captain jewes in the carcanet. Shak.

ther species of Cabus, as C. fatuellus (the brown or horned capucine.), C. albifrons (the cararara), and C. apella.

Lit., an eggshell; hence, an eggshell filled with confetti to be thrown during balls, carnivals, etc. [Western U. S.]

se for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book.