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One of a sect or order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes.

t, and command him to come in and perform some duty requiring his presence at the time on pain of what may befall him. -- To call back, to revoke or retract; to recall; to summon back. -- To call down, to pray for, as blessing or curses. -- To call forth, to bring or summon to action; as, to call forth all the facul…

Painless vivisection; -- opposed to sentisection. B. G. Wilder.

Painting in shades of one color; monochrome. Mollett.

Of camel's hair. Camel's-hair pencil, a small brush used by painters in water colors, made of camel's hair or similar materials. -- Camel's-hair shawl. A name often given to a cashmere shawl. See Cashmere shawl under Cashmere.

Formerly, any malignant growth, esp. one attended with great pain and ulceration, with cachexia and progressive emaciation. It was so called, perhaps, from the great veins which surround it, compared by the ancients to the claws of a crab. The term it now restricted to such a growth made up of aggregations of epithelia…

Of or pertaining to Cantabria on the Bay of Biscay in Spain.

A liquid measure in Spain, ranging from two and a half to four gallons. Simmonds.

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.

arge number; a castle capable of resisting a long assault. Concious of jou and capable of pain. Prior.

ning to the head. [Obs.] Needs must the Serpent now his capital bruise Expect with mortal pain. Milton.

A very painful acute local inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, esp. of the trunk or back of the neck, characterized by brawny hardness of the affected parts, sloughing of the skin and deeper tissues, and marked constitutional depression. It differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a cent…

A pain about the heart. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A burning or gnawing pain, or feeling of distress, referred to the region of the heart, accompanied with cardisc palpitation; heartburn. It is usually a symptom of indigestion.

edfulness; watchfulness; as, take care; have a care. I thank thee for thy care and honest pains. Shak.

Filling with care or colicitube; exposing to concern, anxiety, or trouble; painful. The careful cold beinneth for to creep. Spenser. By Him that raised me to this careful height. Shak.

A parisan of Charles X. Of France, or of Dod Carlos of Spain.

autiful pigment, or a lake, of this color, prepared from cochineal, and used in miniature painting.

body or any part of it is represented in full color; the flesh tints. The flesh tints in painting are termed carnations. Fairholt.

In Spain and Portugal, one who supports the constitution.