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A projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry.

per; a report spread secretly or cautiously. There's a certain buzz Of a stolen marriage. Massinger.

The process of breaking up the flat masses into which wrought iron is first hammered, in order that the pieces may be reheated and wrought into bar iron.

A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake.

A bronze-yellow massive mineral with metallic luster; a telluride of gold; -- first found in Calaveras County California.

A small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising to the surface. Kane.

slices and pickle, as salmon. [Obs.] For a change, leave calvered salmon and eat sprats. Massinger.

See Camass.

of a hawk. [Obs.] Nares. He makes his stoop; but wanting breath, is forced To cancelier. Massinger.

A mineral occurring in hexagonal crystals, also massive, generally of a yellow color, containing silica, alumina, lime, soda, and carbon dioxide.

hall e'er be sullied with one taint or spot That may take from your innocence and candor. Massinger.

To make sugar crystals of or in; to form into a mass resembling candy; as, to candy sirup.

(during a part or the whole of the year). -- Canon law. See under Law. -- Canon of the Mass (R. C. Ch.), that part of the mass, following the Sanctus, which never changes. -- Honorary canon, a canon who neither lived in a monastery, nor kept the canonical hours. -- Minor canon (Ch. of Eng.), one who has been admit…

grates and is carried away piecemeal, as distinguished from necrosis, in which it dies in masses.

The essential coloring principle of cochineal, extracted as a purple-red amorphous mass. It is a glucoside and possesses acid properties; -- hence called also carminic acid. Carmine red (Chem.), a coloring matter obtained from carmine as a purple-red substance, and probably allied to the phthaleïns.…

Great destruction of life, as in battle; bloodshed; slaughter; massacre; murder; havoc. The more fearful carnage of the Bloody Circuit. Macaulay.

Placed in a caroche. [Obs.] Beggary rides caroched. Massenger.

A degeneration of animal tissue into a cheesy or curdy mass.

ring in tetragonal crystals of reddish brown color, and brilliant adamantine luster; also massive, sometimes in compact forms with concentric fibrous structure resembling wood (wood tin), also in rolled fragments or pebbly (Stream tin). It is the chief source of metallic tin. See Black tin, under Black.…

That which is cast in a mold; esp. the mass of metal so cast; as, a casting in iron; bronze casting.