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A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by women, to give fullness to the skirts; -- called also bishop, and tournure.

machinations of a few persons united in a close design; in intrigue. By cursed cabals of women. Dryden. Syn. - Junto; intrigue; plot; combination; conspiracy. -- Cabal, Combination, Faction. An association for some purpose considered to be bad is the idea common to these terms. A combination is an organized union of i…

g.), the operation of taking a child from the womb by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus; -- so called because Julius Cæsar is reported to have been brought into the world by such an operation.

A gymnasium; esp. one for light physical exercise by women and children.

See Assessment, 4. At call, or On call, liable to be demanded at any moment without previous notice; as money on deposit. -- Call bird, a bird taught to allure others into a snare. -- Call boy (a) A boy who calls the actors in a theater; a boy who transmits the orders of the captain of a vessel to the engineer, helms…

The principle of heat, or the agent to which the phenomena of heat and combustion were formerly ascribed; -- not now used in scientific nomenclature, but sometimes used as a general term for heat. Caloric expands all bodies. Henry.

A short dressing jacket for women.

One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants;

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

A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood, resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin monks.

A long outer garment formerly worn by men and women, as well as by soldiers as part of their uniform.

One who believes that the most important geological phenomena have been produced by cataclysms.

The science which treats of catadioptric phenomena, or of the used of catadioptric instruments.

The monthly courses of women; menstrual discharges; menses.

That part of optics which explants the properties and phenomena of reflected light, and particularly that which is reflected from mirrors or polished bodies; --- formerly caled anacamptics.

look at his face in it. If his countenance appeared distorted and ghastly, it was an ill omen; if fresh and healthy, it was favorable.

A covering of network for the head, worn by women; also, a net. Spenser.

well. Law of universal causation, the theoretical or asserted law that every event or phenomenon results from, or is the sequel of, some previous event or phenomenon, which being present, the other is certain to take place.

er of a censor; as, to stand for a censorship. Holland. The press was not indeed at that moment under a general censorship. Macaulay.

The doctrine or theory that psychical phenomena are functions or products of the brain only.