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A pipe or duct used to convey hot air or steam. Subterranean caliducts have been introduced. Evelyn.

Freodom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation or abeence of that which causes motion or disturbance, as of winds or waves; tranquility; stilness; quiet; serenity. The wind ceased, and there was a great calm. Mark. iv. 39. A calm before a storm is commonly a peace of a man's own making. South.…

.] American calumba, the Frasera Carolinensis, also called American gentian. Its root has been used in medicine as bitter tonic in place of calumba.

The substance which remains when a metal or mineral has been subjected to calcination or combustion by heat, and which is, or may be, reduced to a fine powder.

e cut and polished. It burns readily, with a clear, yellow flame, and on this account has been used as a substitute for candles.

In the manner of cannibal. "An he had been cannibally given." Shak.

The largest size of type having a specific name; -- so called from having been used for printing the canons of the church.

The operation of forming a new canthus, when one has been destroyed by injury or disease.

A piece of strong cloth of which the surface has been prepared to receive painting, commonly painting in oil. History . . . does not bring out clearly upon the canvas the details which were familiar. J. H. Newman.

A floss or waste obtained from the cocoon after the silk has been reeled off, used for shag.

Taken prisoner; made captive; insnared; charmed. Women have been captivate ere now. Shak.

agem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort. Her heart is like some fortress that has been captured. W. Ivring.

The order had recently been founded by Maria Longa.

color of burning coal. The name belongs for the most part to ruby sapphire, though it has been also given to red spinel and garnet.

llower byof, for, or the infinitive; as, careful of money; careful to do right. Thou hast been careful for us with all this care. 2. Kings iv, 13. What could a careful father more have done Dryden.

eeply or freely in compliment; to take in a carousal; to engage in drunken revels. He had been aboard, carousing to his mates. Shak.

To get possession of by force; to capture. The town would have been carried in the end. Bacon.

, the large, kidney-shaped fruit of the cashew, which is edible after the caustic oil has been expelled from the shell by roasting the nut.

To contrive; to plan. [Archaic] The cloister . . . had, I doubt not, been cast for [an orange- house]. Sir W. Temple.

A hat, esp. one made of beaver fur; a beaver. I have always been known for the jaunty manner in which I wear my castor. Sir W. Scott.