Search the Dictionary

of capsicum (Capsicum baccatum), whose small, conical, coral-red fruit is among the most piquant of all red peppers.

Of both sexes; hermaphrodite; as a flower with stamens and pistil, or an animal having ovaries and testes.

A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director. Ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 1 Pet. ii. 25. It is a fact now generally recognized by theologians of all shades of opinion, that in the language of the New Testament the same officer in the church is cal…

A dark brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood.

hing, such as may be bitten off or taken into the mouth; a morsel; a bite. Hence: A small piece of anything; a little; a mite.

Causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe; as, a bitter cold day.

A West Indian tree (Picræna excelsa) from the wood of which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained.

Mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame; Jew's pitch. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc. See Asphalt.

very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds. I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud. Shak.

riginally of Chinese rebels that had been driven into Tonkin by the suppression of the Taiping rebellion, but later increased by bands of pirates and adventurers. It took a prominent part in fighting the French during their hostilities with Anam, 1873-85.

Caramel or burnt sugar, used to color wines, spirits, ground coffee, etc.

to certain men who were allied to robbers, or moss troopers, to be by them protected from pillage. Sir W. Scott.

A piece of metal prepared to be made into something by a further operation, as a coin, screw, nuts.

A piece of rubber, felt, or woolen cloth, used in the tympan to make it soft and elastic.

re a mortgage secures various debts as a group, or subjects a group or class of different pieces of property to one general lien.

ater enters. -- Blast nozzle, a fixed or variable orifice in the delivery end of a blast pipe; -- called also blast orifice. -- In full blast, in complete operation; in a state of great activity. See Blast, n., 2. [Colloq.]

The exhaust pipe of a steam engine, or any pipe delivering steam or air, when so constructed as to cause a blast.

A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark. Three blazes in a perpendicular line on the same tree indicating a legislative road, the single blaze a settlement or neighborhood road. Carlton. In a blaze, on fire; burning with a flame; filled with, giving, or reflecting light; e…

or a cause. [Colloq.] To make the heart bleed, to cause extreme pain, as from sympathy or pity.

A gale of piercingly cold wind, usually accompanied with fine and blinding snow; a furious blast. [U. S.]