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An engine somewhat resembling a massive crossbow, used by the ancient Greeks and Romans for throwing stones, arrows, spears, etc.

A stick or club employed in the game of ball called cat or tipcat. Massinger.

A slender, elastic process, to which the masses of pollen in orchidaceous plants are attached.

of celebrating. His memory deserving a particular celebration. Clarendok. Celebration of Mass is equivalent to offering Mass Cath. Dict. To hasten the celebration of their marriage. Sir P. Sidney.

so named from its occasional delicate blue color. It occurs crystallized, also in compact massive and fibrous forms.

rted into tissues and organs which, both in plants ans animals, are to be considered as a mass of minute cells communicating with each other. -- Cellular tissue. (a) (Anat.) See conjunctive tissue under Conjunctive. (b) (Bot.) Tissue composed entirely of parenchyma, and having no woody fiber or ducts. cellular telepho…

o starches and sugars by the action of heat and acids. When pure, it is a white amorphous mass. See Starch, Granulose, Lignin. Unsized, well bleached linen paper is merely pure cellulose. Goodale. Starch cellulose, the delicate framework which remains when the soluble part (granulose) of starch is removed by saliva or…

The center of mass, inertia, or gravity of a body or system of bodies.

The nucleus or central part of the earth, forming most of its mass; -- disting. from lithosphere, hydrosphere, etc.

A mineral of a brownish of cherry-red color, commonly massive. It is a hydrous silicate of cerium and allied metals.

A hydrous silicate of magnesium, allied to serpentine, occurring in waxlike masses of a yellow or greenish color.

ccurring in colorless, white, or yellowish transparent crystals, with an adamantine, also massive and compact.

ience, based upon the centimeter as the unit of length, the gram as the unit of weight or mass, and the second as the unit of time.

yellow copper ore; a common ore of opper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur. It occurs massive and in tetragonal crystals of a bright brass yellow color.

A mass of chalk. As chalkstones . . . beaten in sunder. Isa. xxvii. 9.

An endowment or foundation for the chanting of masses and offering of prayers, commonly for the founder.

The confused, unorganized condition or mass of matter before the creation of distinct and order forms.

The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a narrower front piece, the two connected over the shoulders only. The back has usually a large cross, the front an upright bar or pillar, designed to be emblematical of Christ's sufferings.…

f milk, coagulated usually with rennet, separated from the whey, and pressed into a solid mass in a hoop or mold.

An impure, massive, flintlike quartz or hornstone, of a dull color.