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An imitation, in pottery, of natural basalt; a kind of black porcelain.

Pertaining to basalt; formed of, or containing, basalt; as basaltic lava.

In the form of basalt; columnar.

Formed like basalt; basaltiform.

Salt which has been obtained from sea water, by evaporation in shallow pits or basins, by the heat of the sun; the large crystalline salt of commerce. Bacon. Ure.

Crude potash. De Colange.

One who,makes crude potash, or black salts.

Celebration of the nuptial feast. [Obs.] "In honor of this bridalty." B. Jonson.

A genus of herbaceous plants (Tribulus) of the order Zygophylleæ, having a hard several-celled fruit, armed with stout spines, and resembling the military instrument of the same name. The species grow in warm countries, and are often very annoying to cattle.

ithout design or without being foreseen; contingency. Losses that befall them by mere casualty. Sir W. Raleigh.

A sort of salt, finely granulated, formed out of the bittern or leach brine.

Checking evacutions through astringent or styptic qualities.

A term applied to the action of nerve force in the spinal center. Marshall Hall.

A commercial name of a crude arsenic used as fly poison. Cobalt bloom. Same as Erythrite. -- Cobalt blue, a dark blue pigment consisting of some salt of cobalt, as the phosphate, ignited with alumina; -- called also cobalt ultramarine, and Thenard's blue. -- Cobalt crust, earthy arseniate of cobalt. -- Cobalt glance…

Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cobalt; -- said especially of those compounds in which cobalt has higher valence; as, cobaltic oxide. Luteo-cobaltic compounds (Chem.), an extensive series of complex yellow compounds of ammonia and cobaltic salts. -- Roseo-cobaltic compounds (Chem.), an extensive series of…

Containing cobalt.

A mineral of a nearly silver-white color, composed of arsenic, sulphur, and cobalt.

Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cobalt; -- said esp. of cobalt compounds in which the metal has its lower valence. Cobaltous chloride, a crystalline compound, CoCl2, of a pale rose color when hydrous, blue when dehydrated. Its solution is used for a sympathetic ink, the writing being nearly colorless when d…

A small European titmouse (Parus ater), so named from its black color; -- called also coalmouse and colemouse.

asses and conditions of people who are below the rank of nobility; the commons. The commonalty, like the nobility, are divided into several degrees. Blackstone. The ancient fare of our kings differed from that of the commonalty in plenteousness only. Landon.