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Short in duration. How brief the life of man. Shak.

To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young men can not brook restraint. Spenser. Shall we, who could not brook one lord, Crouch to the wicked ten Macaulay.

flictions; adversity. He seems to have been a plant of slow growth, but . . . fitted to endure the buffeting on the rudest storm. Wirt.

grows in the Middle and Western United States, and its wood is tough, close-grained, and durable. -- Bur reed (Bot.), a plant of the genus Sparganium, having long ribbonlike leaves.

flowers in dense heads. -- Button tree (Bot.), a genus of trees (Conocarpus), furnishing durable timber, mostly natives of the West Indies. -- To hold by the button, to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore; to buttonhole.

ss; to prop; to brace firmly. To set it upright again, and to prop and buttress it up for duration. Burke.

Cabbage Butterfly, above. The cabbage cutworms, which eat off the stalks or young plants during the night, are the larvæ of several species of moths, of the genus Agrotis. See Cutworm. -- Sea cabbage.(Bot.) (a) Sea kale (b). The original Plant (Brassica oleracea), from which the cabbage, cauliflower, , broccoli, etc.…

Hardenes; indurated. "A callous hand." Goldsmith. "A callous ulcer." Dunglison.

ching, held in some retired spot, chiefty by Methodists. It usualy last for several days, during which those present lodge in tents, temporary houses, or cottages. -- Camp stool, the same as camp chair, except that the stool has no back. -- Flying camp (Mil.), a camp or body of troops formed for rapid motion from one…

A connected series of military operations forming a distinct stage in a war; the time during which an army keeps the field. Wilhelm.

inian. -- Canon capitular, Canon residentiary, a resident member of a cathedral chapter (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 monast…

aken as a unit of computation, as in computing the average travel of each car of a system during a given period.

anide of a hydrocarbon radical. The carbamines are liquids, usually colorless, and of unendurable odor.

t which, when placed in contact with the chest, will register graphically the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements.

Induration of the heart, caused by development of fibrous tissue in the cardiac muscle.

A festival celebrated with merriment and revelry in Roman Gatholic countries during the week before Lent, esp. at Rome and Naples, during a few days (three to ten) before Lent, ending with Shrove Tuesday. The carnival at Venice is everywhere talked of. Addison.

Lit., an eggshell; hence, an eggshell filled with confetti to be thrown during balls, carnivals, etc. [Western U. S.]

A light transitory air which ruffles the surface of the water during a calm, or the ripples made by such a puff of air.

The state or condition of a catechumen or the time during which one is a catechumen.

The name of several evergreen trees. The wood is remarkable for its durability and fragrant odor.