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A thick head of flowers on a very short axis, as a clover top, or a dandelion; a composite flower. A capitulum may be either globular or flat. Gray.

The thick shell or sheild which cover the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals.

A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game played with cards. Our first cards were to Carabas House. Thackeray.

leather, attached to a belt or strap, for holding cartridges. -- Cartridge paper. (a) A thick stout paper for inclosing cartridges. (b) A rough tinted paper used for covering walls, and also for making drawings upon.

A thick oily liquid, C10H13.OH, of a strong taste and disagreeable odor, obtained from oil of caraway (Carum carui).

y. A cespitous or turfy plant has many stems from the same root, usually forming a close, thick carpet of matting. Martyn.

A spiral band of thickened albuminous substance which exists in the white of the bird's egg, and serves to maintain the yolk in its position; the treadle.

A thicket of low evergreen oaks.

pple-shaped or pear-shaped fruit of an American shrub (Pyrus arbutifolia) growing in damp thickets; also, the shrub.

A clog, or patten, having a very thick sole, or in some cases raised upon a stilt to a height of a foot or more. [Variously spelt chioppine, chopin, etc.] Your ladyship is nearer to heaven than when I saw you last, by the altitude of a chopine. Shak.

Like a chub; plump, short, and thick. "Chubby faces." I. Taylor.

Having a large head; thickheaded; dull; stupid. Smart.

A short, thick, heavy piece of wood. Morton. Chump end, the thick end; as, the chump end of a joint of meat. Dickens.

A short, thick piece of anything. [Colloq. U. S. & Prov. Eng.]

Short and thick. [U. S.] Kane.

A fruit resembling a lemon, but larger, and pleasantly aromatic. The thick rind, when candied, is the citron of commerce.

Milk curdled so as to become thick.

A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustuan the ends of beams.

A narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other; -- used for weatherboarding the outside of houses. [U. S.]

Club-shaped; having the form of a club; growing gradually thicker toward the top.