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noclinic crystals with pearly luster. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia, baryta, and strontia.

A carbonate of baryta and lime, intermediate between witherite and strontianite; -- called also alstonite.

various shapes and sizes, worn on one of the arms (usually the left) for protecting the front of the body.

h or water; a partition wall or structure, as in a mine; the limiting wall along a water front. Bulked line, a line beyond which a wharf must not project; -- usually, the harbor line.

The red-breasted house sparrow of California (Carpodacus frontalis); -- called also crimson-fronted bullfinch. [Written also burrion.]

A thin, elastic strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset. Her long slit sleeves, stiff busk, puff verdingall, Is all that makes her thus angelical. Marston.

etc.; Hence, a lady's flat workbasket, reticule, or hand bag; -- often written caba. C. Bronté.

raised or lowered, seats for inside, a separate seat for the driver, and often a movable front, so that it can be used as either an open or a close carriage. The baroness in a calash capable of holding herself, her two children, and her servants. W. Irving.

uspid teeth, so called because well developen in dogs; usually, the third tooth from the front on each side of each jaw; an eyetooth, or the corresponding tooth in the lower jaw.

The front piece of a cap; -- now more commonly called visor.

rse through the organ. -- Suprarenal capsule, an organ of unknown function, above or in front of each kidney.

Having a raised way (causeway or causey); paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté.

A group of ruminants whose horns are hollow, and planted on a bony process of the front, as the ox.

Native strontium sulphate, a mineral so named from its occasional delicate blue color. It occurs crystallized, also in compact massive and fibrous forms.

The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain.

The frontlet, or head armor, of a horse. [Written also champfrain and chamfrain.]

rt of a cruciform church which is beyond the line of the transept farthest from the main front. Chancel aisle (Arch.), the aisle which passes on either side of or around the chancel. -- Chancel arch (Arch.), the arch which spans the main opening, leading to the chancel -- Chancel casement, the principal window in a ch…

To bear down upon; to rush upon; to attack. Charged our main battle's front. Shak.

, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a narrower front piece, the two connected over the shoulders only. The back has usually a large cross, the front an upright bar or pillar, designed to be emblematical of Christ's sufferings. In the Greek Church the chasuble is a large round m…

abriole and chairbacks, often resemble Queen Anne. In chairs, the seat is widened at the front, and the back toward the top widened and bent backward, except in Chinese Chippendale, in which the backs are usually rectangular. -- Chip"pen*dal*ism (#), n.