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disclose the class, character, or nationality of. [Obs.] This speech calls him Spaniard. Beau. & Fl.

A beautuful species of humming bird (Stellula Calliope) of California and adjacent regions.

A small and beautiful species of orchid, having a flower variegated with purple, pink, and yellow. It grows in cold and wet localities in the northern part of the United States. The Calypso borealis is the only orchid which reaches 68º N.

A large genus of plants bearing bell-shaped flowers, often of great beauty; -- also called bellflower.

what, alas, can these my single arms Shak. Mæcænas and Agrippa, who can most with Cæsar. Beau. & Fl.

med from its resemblance in color to the plumage of the canary bird. -- Canary wood, the beautiful wood of the trees Persea Indica and P. Canariensis, natives of Madeira and the Canary Islands. -- Canary vine. See Canary bird flower, under Canary bird.

, etc.; to practice hypocrisy; as, a canting fanatic. The rankest rogue that ever canted. Beau. & Fl.

ll traveling case or bandbox; formerly, a chest. A capcase for your linen and your plate. Beau. & Fl.

A beautiful crystalline compound, SiC, consisting of carbon and silicon in combination; carbon silicide. It is made by heating carbon and sand together in an electric furnace. The commercial article is dark-colored and iridescent. It is harder than emery, and is used as an abrasive.

A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of scarlet) called by the Greeks anthrax; found in the East Indies. When held up to the sun, it loses its deep tinge, and becomes of the color of burning coal. The name belongs for the most part to ruby sapphire, though it has been also given to red spinel and garnet.…

To be careful, anxious, solicitous, or troubles in mind; to worry or grieve. [R.] Beau. & fl.

A beautiful pigment, or a lake, of this color, prepared from cochineal, and used in miniature painting.

A species of Dianthus (D. Caryophyllus) or pink, having very beautiful flowers of various colors, esp. white and usually a rich, spicy scent.

certain salts of gold. It is used in painting and staining porcelain and glass to give a beautiful purple color. Commonly called Purple of Cassius.

to estimate; to judge. [Obs.] "Should I say more, you might well censure me a flatterer." Beau. & Fl.

Washed with a preparation of white lead; as, cerused face. Beau. & Fl.

Partnership in power; equal share of authority. [Obs.] Beauté ne sleighte, strengthe ne hardyness, Ne may with Venus holde champartye. Chaucer.

To deposit or inter in a chapel; to enshrine. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

ny alluring quality. Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. Pope. The charm of beauty's powerful glance. Milton.

A beautiful child; -- so called because artists have represented cherubs as beautiful children.