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China ware, which is the modern popular term for porcelain. See Porcelain. China aster (Bot.), a well-known garden flower and plant. See Aster. -- China bean. See under Bean, 1. -- China clay See Kaolin. -- China grass, Same as Ramie. -- China ink. See India ink. -- China pink (Bot.), an anual or biennial species…

See Quinaldine.

A native of China; a Chinese.

Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp.

Of or pertaining to machines.

cheme with the purpose of doing harm; to contrive artfully; to plot. "How long will you machinate!" Sandys.

The act of machinating. Shak.

One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer. Glanvill. Sir W. Scott.

The false china root, a plant of the genus Smilax (S. Pseudo- china), found in America.

See Shekinah.

Any one of numerous species of Diptera belonging to Tachina and allied genera. Their larvæ are external parasites of other insects.

A small, slender nematoid worm (Trichina spiralis) which, in the larval state, is parasitic, often in immense numbers, in the voluntary muscles of man, the hog, and many other animals. When insufficiently cooked meat containing the larvæ is swallowed by man, they are liberated and rapidly become adult, pair, and the ov…

, the lowest line representing units, the second line, tens, etc. It is still employed in China.

rganism which produces chronic ulcers on the limbs. It is often fatal. Called also Cochin China ulcer, Persian ulcer, tropical ulcer, etc.

A plant of the genus Callistephus. Many varieties (called China asters, German asters, etc.) are cultivated for their handsome compound flowers.

A genus of showy flowering shrubs, mostly natives of China or of North America; false honeysuckle. The genus is scarcely distinct from Rhododendron.

zedarach), common in the southern United States; -- called also, Pride of India, Pride of China, and Bead tree.

ishes or shrimps, pounded up with salt and spices, and then dried. It is much esteemed in China.

A niche, cupboard, or sideboard for plate, china, glass, etc.; a buffet. A beaufet . . . filled with gold and silver vessels. Prescott.

The nest of a small swallow (Collocalia nidifica and several allied species), of China and the neighboring countries, which is mixed with soups.