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Logwood.

The front piece of a cap; -- now more commonly called visor.

A cap of maintenance. See Maintenance. Chapeau bras ( Etym: [F. chapeau hat + bras arm], a hat so made that it can be compressed and carried under the arm without injury. Such hats were particularly worn on dress occasions by gentlemen in the 18th century. A chapeau bras is now worn in the United States army by general…

s plant (Cicer arietinum) of Asia, Africa, and the sounth of Europe; the chick; the dwarf pea; the gram.

A kind of pear that has a rough, astringent taste, and is swallowed with difficulty, or which contracts the mucous membrane of the mouth.

The chick-pea. Holland.

Like or related to the genus Clupeaster; -- applied to a group of flattened sea urchins, with a rosette of pores on the upper side.

Shaped like a round buckler or shield; scutate.

To appear. [Obs.]

An agreement or understanding between the chief European powers to take only joint action in the (European) Eastern Question.

An obsolete name for the cornet-à-piston.

The seed of one or more leguminous plants of the genus Dolichos; also, the plant itself. Many varieties are cultivated in the southern part of the United States.

Cyclops; characteristic of the Cyclops; huge; gigantic; vast and rough; massive; as, Cyclopean labors; Cyclopean architecture.

To discharge. [Obs.] As soon as the party . . . before our justices shall be depeached. Hakluyt.

To cease to appear or to be perceived; to pass from view, gradually or suddenly; to vanish; to be no longer seen; as, darkness disappears at the approach of light; a ship disappears as she sails from port.

The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing. Addison.

p. pr. & vb. n. of Disappear.

A species of pea (Amphicarpæa monoica). It is a climbing leguminous plant, with hairy underground pods.

A spear with barbed forks for spearing eels.

To hinder. See Impeach. [Obs.] Spenser.