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esire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind. The object of appetite it whatsoever sensible good may be wished for; the object of will is that good which reason does lead us to seek. Hooker.

Desire; a longing for, or seeking after, something. Holland.

Having the quality of desiring gratification; as, appetitive power or faculty. Sir M. Hale.

To make hungry; to whet the appetite of. Sir W. Scott.

Something which creates or whets an appetite.

Exciting appetite; as, appetizing food. The appearance of the wild ducks is very appetizing. Sir W. Scott.

[More fully chenille Axminster.] A variety of Turkey carpet, woven by machine or, when more than 27 inches wide, on a hand loom, and consisting of strips of worsted chenille so colored as to produce a pattern on a stout jute backing. It has a fine soft pile. So called from Axminster, England, where it was formerly (175…

Having two petals.

nally, also, a wrought cover for tables. Tables and beds covered with copes instead of carpets and coverlets. T. Fuller.

A portable bag for travelers; -- so called because originally made of carpet.

An adventurer; -- a term of contempt for a Northern man seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern part of the United States after the Civil War (1865). [U. S.]

1. The act of covering with carpets.

Without a carpet.

One who deals in carpets; a buyer and seller of carpets.

A border of greensward left round the margin of a plowed field. Ray.

Having the petals held together by stamens, which grow to their bases, as in the mallow.

Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone. R. Owen. Centripetal force (Mech.), a force whose direction is towards a center, as in case of a planet revolving round the sun, the center of the system, See Centrifugal force, under Centrifugal. -- Cen…

Centripetency.

Tendency toward the center.

nerve fibers which go from the spinal cord to the brain and so transfer sensations (centripetal impressions) from the exterior inwards.