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Colossal' of extraordinary height; gigantic. -- n.

The act or process of producing buds.

The act of constructing, erecting, or establishing. Hence it is that the building of our Sion rises no faster. Bp. Hall.

The active principe of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms.

A floss or waste obtained from the cocoon after the silk has been reeled off, used for shag.

Of fundamental importance; preëminet; superior; chief; principal. The cardinal intersections of the zodiac. Sir T. Browne. Impudence is now a cardinal virtue. Drayton. But cardinal sins, and hollow hearts, I fear ye. Shak. Cardinal numbers, the numbers one, two, three, etc., in distinction from first, second, third, et…

The office, rank, or dignity of a cardinal.

To exalt to the office of a cardinal. Sheldon.

The condition, dignity, of office of a cardinal

The act or process of preparing staple for spinning, etc., bycarding it. See the Note under Card, v. t.

rid saffron-colored juice is used to cure warts and the itch; -- called also greater celandine and swallowwort. Lasser celandine, the pilewort (Ranunculus Ficaria).

In a chiding or reproving manner.

Bearing Children; (Fig.) productive; fruitful. [R.] Shak.

See Quinaldine.

See Quinodine.

A compound of chlorine and iodine. [R.]

, crystalline dye, C6H5N2.C6H3(NH2)2. Also, one of a group of dyestuffs resembling chrysoïdine proper.

One of the quinine group of alkaloids, found especially in red cinchona bark. It is a white crystalline substance, C19H22N2O, with a bitter taste and qualities similar to, but weaker than, quinine; -- sometimes called also cinchonidia.

The planking or boarding of a shaft, cofferdam, etc.

The state of being cloudy.