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British. [Obs.] Spenser. -- n.

Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious. Farewell, thou pretty, brittle piece Of fine-cut crystal. Cotton. Brittle silver ore, the mineral stephanite.

Any species of ophiuran starfishes. See Ophiuroidea.

In a brittle manner. Sherwood.

Aptness to break; fragility.

A long carriage, with a calash top, so constructed as to give space for reclining at night, when used on a journey.

Silver bromide, a rare mineral; -- called also bromargyrite.

An apple-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of nickel, cobalt, and magnesia; -- so named from the Sierra Cabrera, Spain.

Same as Cabrée.

A bronze-yellow massive mineral with metallic luster; a telluride of gold; -- first found in Calaveras County California.

A Welshman.

Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer; affected with cancer. "Cancerous vices." G. Eliot. -- Can"cer*ous*ly, adv. -- Can"cer*ous*ness, n.

The quality or condition of being capillary.

Native tin dioxide; tin stone; a mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals of reddish brown color, and brilliant adamantine luster; also massive, sometimes in compact forms with concentric fibrous structure resembling wood (wood tin), also in rolled fragments or pebbly (Stream tin). It is the chief source of metallic ti…

A variety of the mineral called petalite, from Elba.

Celebration; solemnization. [Obs.] The celebrity of the marriage. Bacon.

Rapidity of motion; quickness; swiftness. Time, with all its celerity, moves slowly to him whose whole employment is to watch its flight. Johnson.

Native silver chloride, a mineral of a white to pale yellow or gray color, darkening on exposure to the light. It may be cut by a knife, like lead or horn (hence called horn silver).

Inflammation of the cerebrum.

A gastropod shell belonging to the family Cerithiïdæ; -- so called from its hornlike form.