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Any strong, imposing, and stately mansion.

A peculiar bitter orange-brown substance, with strong, penetrating odor, found in two sacs between the anus and external genitals of the beaver; castor; -- used in medicine as an antispasmodic, and by perfumers.

A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade.

A fast dyestuff, C20H8O6, made by heating gallein with strong sulphuric acid. It dyes mordanted fabrics green.

To unite closely and strongly. And in this vow do chain my soul to thine. Shak.

mushroom (Agaricus campestris). Fairy ring champignon, the Marasmius oreades, which has a strong flavor but is edible.

To act as a curb or restraint. It [his presence] checks too strong upon me. Dryden.

A heavy, colorless liquid, CCl3.NO2, of a strong pungent odor, obtained by subjecting picric acid to the action of chlorine. [Written also chloropikrin.]

To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling. "I was choked at this word." Swift.

Indistinct in utterance, as the voice of a person affected with strong emotion.

Inclined to choke, as a person affected with strong emotion. "A deep and choky voice." Aytoun. The allusion to his mother made Tom feel rather chokey. T. Hughes.

tar, allied to napthalene and anthracene. It is a white crystalline substance, C18H12, of strong blue fluorescence, but generally colored yellow by impurities.

A strong saddle girth, as of canvas. [West. U. S.]

ounding; inclosing or being on all sides; encompassing. "The circumambient heaven." J. Armstrong.

commanding the city and fortifications, and intended as a final point of defense. Syn. - Stronghold. See Fortress.

al pouch of the civet (Viverra civetta). It is of clear yellowish or brownish color, of a strong, musky odor, offensive when undiluted, but agreeble when a small portion is mixed with another substance. It is used as a perfume.

Strong pinchers or forceps.

ies; -- usually expressing a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink. But not in chains to pine, His spirit withered with tyeur clank. Byron.

To unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to adhere with strong attachment. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife. Gen. ii. 24. Cleave unto the Lord your God. Josh. xxiii. 8.

Headstrong; obstinate. [Obs.] Brockett.