قاموس اللغة الإنجليزية

A draped female figure supporting an entablature, in the place of a column or pilaster.

Caryatids.

of Caryatid

Having corollas of five petals with long claws inclosed in a tubular, calyx, as the pink

Belonging to the family of which the pink and the carnation are the types.

A tasteless and odorless crystalline substance, extracted from cloves, polymeric with common camphor.

Caryophyllaceous.

of Caryopsis

A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorporated in one body, forming a single grain, as of wheat, barley, etc.

Of or pertaining to case; as, a casal ending.

The projection in rear of the breech of a cannon, usually a knob or breeching loop connected with the gun by a neck. In old writers it included all in rear of the base ring. [See Illust. of Cannon.]

A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract.

To fall in a cascade.

To vomit.

A deposit of pebbles, gravel, and ferruginous sand, in which the Brazilian diamond is usually found.

Holy bark; the bark of the California buckthorn (Rhamnus Purshianus), used as a mild cathartic or laxative.

A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton Eleutheria); also, its aromatic bark.

A white, crystallizable, bitter substance extracted from oil of cascarilla.

A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book.

A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments.