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A tribute by the head; a capitation tax. [Written also chevage and chivage.] [Obs.]

young women, characterized by a greenish or grayish yellow hue of the skin, weakness, palpitation, etc.

n celebrated by a particular church service, and also by special gifts, greetings, and hospitality. Christmas box. (a) A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas. (b) A present or small gratuity given to young people and servants at Christmas; a Christmas gift. -- Christmas carol, a carol sung at, or suitable…

tto of a medal struck by Gustavus Adolphus in 1632: ChrIstVs DVX; ergo trIVMphVs. - the capitals of which give, when added as numerals, the sum 1632.

to write or engare around. [R.] Thereon is circumscribed this epitaph. Ashmole.

; in Great Britain, a town corporate, which is or has been the seat of a bishop, or the capital of his see. A city is a town incorporated; which is, or has been, the see of a bishop; and though the bishopric has been dissolved, as at Westminster, it yet remaineth a city. Blackstone When Gorges constituted York a city,…

r, etc. See Illust. of Bell. Clapper rail (Zoöl.), an Americam species of rail (Rallus scepitans).

A sudden copious rainfall, as the whole cloud had been precipitated at once.

The thick, curdy precipitate formed by the coagulation of albuminous matter; any mass of coagulated matter, as a clot of bloot.

The doctrine that land and capital should be owned by society collectively or as a whole; communism. W. G. Summer.

f, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and capital. See Order.

he Union soldiers, and performed services of a religious character in the field and in hospitals. -- The United States Sanitary Commission, an organization formed by the people of the North to coöperate with and supplement the medical department of the Union armies during the Civil War.

of patriotism. She [Britain] rears to freedom an undaunted race, Compatriot, zealous, hospitable, kind. Thomson.

one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See Capital.

ning to a condyle. Condylar foramen (Anat.), a formen in front of each condyle of the occipital bone; -- sometimes called the anterior condylar foramen when a second, or posterior, foramen is present behind the condyle, as often happens in man.

or their purchase and distribution for consumption, or for the borrowing and lending of capital among its members. -- Coöperative store, a store established by a coöperative society, where the members make their purchases and share in the profits or losses.

To treat with hospitality; to pet. [Ireland]

That part of the Ionic capital between the abacus and quarter round, which forms the volute. Gwilt.

slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle. The unknown ice that crackles underneath them. Dryden.

Same as Crepitation, 2.