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Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cadmium; as, cadmic sulphide.

The hide or skin of a calf; or leather made of the skin.

A bale or package. covered with hide, or with wood bound with hide; as, a ceroon of indigo, cochineal, etc.

Native copper sulphide, called also copper glance, and vitreous copper; a mineral of a black color and metallic luster. [Formerly written chalcosine.]

To chide, rebuke, or reprove. The good king, his master, will check him for it. Shak.

Chideth. [Obs.] Chaucer.

the old imp. of chide. See Chide.

Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red crystals, and also in red or brown amorphous masses. It is used in medicine.

To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal. Now glooming sadly, so to cloak her matter. Spenser.

To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds; as, the sky is clouded.

An object at which stones are flung. "Making a cockshy of him," replied the hideous small boy. Dickens.

That which covers or hides the real character of anything; semblance; excuse; disguise; appearance. They had let down the boat into the sea, under color as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship. Acts xxvii. 30. That he should die is worthy policy; But yet we want a color for his death. Shak.…

To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of. It is the glory of God to conceal a thing. Prov. xxv. 2. Declare ye among the nations, . . . publish and conceal not. Jer. 1. 2. He which finds him shall deserve our thanks, . . . He that…

sually inclosing a lagoon. See Atoll. -- Coral root (Bot.), a genus (Corallorhiza) of orchideous plants, of a yellowish or brownish red color, parasitic on roots of other plants, and having curious jointed or knotted roots not unlike some kinds of coral. See Illust. under Coralloid. -- Coral snake. (Zo) (a) A small,…

Same as Cordwain. in England the name is applied to leather made from horsehide.

To lie down for concealment; to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly. We 'll couch in the castle ditch, till we see the light of our fairies. Shak. The half-hidden, hallf-revealed wonders, that yet couch beneath the words of the Scripture. I. Taylor.

A native sulphide of copper, occuring in masses of a dark blue color; -- hence called indigo copper.

To hide sight; to conceal; to cloak; as, the snemy were covered from our sight by the woods. A cloud covered the mount. Exod. xxiv. 15. In vain shou striv'st to cover shame with shame. Milton.

The quality of being coy; feigned o When the kind nymph would coyness feign, And hides but to be found again. Dryden.

like medicinal preparation. In vain she tries her paste and creams, To smooth her skin or hide its seams. Goldsmith.