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To occupy a chamber with another; as, to chum together at college. [U. S.]

A short, thick, heavy piece of wood. Morton. Chump end, the thick end; as, the chump end of a joint of meat. Dickens.

A soft, resinous wood (Aquilaria Agallocha) of highly aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume. It is called also agalwood and aloes wood. The name is also given to some other species.

One who is receiving rudimentary instruction in the doctrines of Christianity; a neophyte; in the primitive church, one officially recognized as a Christian, and admitted to instruction preliminary to admission to full membership in the church.

The state or condition of a catechumen or the time during which one is a catechumen.

Of or pertaining to catechumens; as, catechumenical instructions.

A catechumen. Bp. Morton.

A hearer; especially a catechumen in the early church. [Obs.] Shelton.

and instructed in all the mysteries of the Christian religion, in distinction from a catechumen, or one yet under instruction.

does not advocate causes in court. -- Chamber fellow, a chamber companion; a roommate; a chum. -- Chamber hangings, tapestry or hangings for a chamber. -- Chamber lye, urine. Shak. -- Chamber music, vocal or instrumental music adapted to performance in a chamber or small apartment or audience room, instead of a the…

n of organic substance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical agents alone. Thudichum.

A kind of fragrant wood. See Agallochum.

d to have the power of freeing carbonic acid from the sodium carbonate of the serum. Thudichum.

One of a group of nitrogenous phosphorized principles, supposed by Thudichum to exist in brain tissue.

A name given to certain catechumens and penitents who were permitted to join only in parts of church worship.

Aloes wood, or agallochum. See Agallochum.

water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive. Mud bass (Zoöl.), a fresh-water fish (Acantharchum pomotis) of the Eastern United States. It produces a deep grunting note. -- Mud bath, an immersion of the body, or some part of it, in mud charged with medicinal agents, as a remedy for disease. -- Mud boat, a large flatboa…

more occupying the same room or rooms; one who shares the occupancy of a room or rooms; a chum.

, Dyer's saffron. (Bot.) See Safflower. -- Meadow saffron (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Colchichum autumnate) of Europe, resembling saffron. -- Saffron wood (Bot.), the yellowish wood of a South African tree (Elæodendron croceum); also, the tree itself. -- Saffron yellow, a shade of yellow like that obtained from the sti…

samples, or to display the skill of the worker. Susie dear, bring your sampler and Mrs. Schumann will show you how to make that W you bothered over. E. E. Hale.