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ige, a cartridge without a projectile, -- Center-fire cartridge, a cartridge in which the fulminate occupies an axial position usually in the center of the base of the capsule, instead of being contained in its rim. In the Prussian needle gun the fulminate is applied to the middle of the base of the bullet. Rim-fire ca…

Of, pertaining to, or like, a caruncle; furnished with caruncles.

tion the cascade connection is used for starting and for low speeds up to half speed. For full speed the short-circuited motor is cut loose from the other motor and is either left idle or (commonly) connected direct to the line.

Furnished with, protected by, or built like, a casemate. Campbell.

Immediate or prompt payment in current funds; as, to sell goods for cash; to make a reduction in price for cash. Cash account (Bookkeeping), an account of money received, disbursed, and on hand. -- Cash boy, in large retail stores, a messenger who carries the money received by the salesman from customers to a cashier,…

A check drawn by a bank upon its own funds, signed by the cashier.

Dried dung of cattle used as fuel. [Prov. Eng.] Waterland.

s) of many species, most of which have purgative qualities. The leaves of several species furnish the senna used in medicine.

The thing thrown. A cast of dreadful dust. Dryden.

Furnished with turrets and battlements, like a castle; built in the style of a castle.

A small wheel on a swivel, on which furniture is supported and moved.

Highly carbonized iron, the direct product of the blast furnace; -- used for making castings, and for conversion into wrought iron and steel. It can not be welded or forged, is brittle, and sometimes very hard. Besides carbon, it contains sulphur, phosphorus, silica, etc.

A hat, esp. one made of beaver fur; a beaver. I have always been known for the jaunty manner in which I wear my castor. Sir W. Scott.

A temporary structure sometimes used in the funeral solemnities of eminent persons, for the public exhibition of the remains, or their conveyance to the place of burial.

A native or inbabitant of Catalonia; also, the language of Catalonia. Catalan furnace, Catalan forge (Metal.), a kind of furnace for producing wrought iron directly from the ore. It was formerly much used, esp. in Catalonia, and is still used in some parts of the United States and elsewhere.

e common and the canon law . . . lie at catch, and wait advantages one againt another. T. Fuller.

cially recognized as a Christian, and admitted to instruction preliminary to admission to full membership in the church.

Caution; prudence; wariness. [Obs.] Fulke.

Full of caverns; resembling a cavern or large cavity; hollow.

Full of little cavities; as, cavernulous metal. Black.