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A hydrocarbon.

A carbide. [R.]

ound of carbon and oxygen, as carbonyl, with some element or radical; as, potassium carboxide. Potassium carboxide, a grayish explosive crystalline compound, C6O6K, obtained by passing carbon monoxide over heated potassium.

Caryatids.

Helmet-shaped; -- applied to a corolla having a broad, helmet- shaped upper petal, as in aconite.

The act of killing deer; deer-slaying. [R.]

A class of parasitic worms (Platelminthes) of which the tapeworms are the most common examples. The body is flattened, and usually but not always long, and composed of numerous joints or segments, each of which may contain a complete set of male and female reproductive organs. They have neither mouth nor intestine. See…

To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with. Upbraided, chid, and rated at. Shak.

One who chides or quarrels. Shak.

She who chides. [Obs.]

A female scold. [Obs.]

A compound of chloral and formic amide used to produce sleep.

A binary compound of chlorine with another element or radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt). Chloride of ammonium, sal ammoniac. -- Chloride of lime, bleaching powder; a grayish white substance, CaOClcalcium hypochlorite. See Hypochlorous acid, under Hypochlorous. -- Mercuric chloride, corrosive sublimate.…

An order of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons; -- so called on account of their cartilaginous skeleton.

The season of Christmas.

The expressed juice of apples. It is used as a beverage, for making vinegar, and for other purposes.

A maker of cider. [Obs.] Mortimer.

A kind of weak cider made by steeping the refuse pomace in water. Ciderkin is made for common drinking, and supplies the place of small beer. Mortimer.

o equal triangles, when placed one on the other. If the equator and the ecliptic had coincided, it would have rendered the annual revoluton of the earth useless. Cheyne.

The condition of occupying the same place in space; as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc. Bentley.