Campagna Di Roma
Campagna Di Roma, Kam-pli'nyft De. & Ma (lt., Plain Of Rome). An Undulating, Un Cultivated, And Unhealthful Plain Of Italy Sur Rounding Rome, Including The Greatest Part Of Ancient Latium. Applying The Name In A Broad Sense To The District Extending From Of Civita Vecchia, To Terracina, Beyond The L'ontine ...
Campania
Campa'nia (lat., From Lat. Campus, Plain, Gk. Kap7rarta,kampania). A District Of Ancient Italy Lying Along The Tyrrhenian Sea, And Bounded On The Land Side By Latium, Samnimn, And Lucania (slap: Italy, J Ii). Originally In Habited By People Of ()scan Race, It Was Early In 1,.aded By The More Civilized ...
Campbell
Campbell, Sir ('olin, Lord Clyde 1863). A British Field-marshal, Born In Glass Gull., Scotland, October 20, 1792. Ile Was The Eldest Son Of Coffin Macliver, A Carpenter. His Maternal Uncle, Colonel John Campbell, Sent Him To School At Gosport, And In 1807 Introduced Him To The Duke Of York For ...
Campbell_2
Campbell, Joule (1779-1861). Lord High Chancellor Of England. He Was The Son Of A Presbyterian Minister Of Cupar, County Of Fife, Scotland, Where He Was Born In 1779. He Was At First Destined For His Father's Calling, And Was Sent At An Early Age To The Neighboring Uni Versity Of ...
Campoamor Y Campoosorio
Campoamor Y Campoosorio, Kiim/p6 31-mile P Kiim/po-u•wert•-n, Izamon De (1817-1901). A Spanish Poet, Politician, And Philosopher. Lie Was Born In Navin, September 24, 1817, And Re Ceived A Elassical Education In Santiago And At The Jesuit ('allege Of Saint Thomas In :madrid. Which He H-ft Without Finishing His Course. Ile ...
Canaan
Canaan, Kii'nan (heb. Kana'an, Gk. X(ii Aav, Chanaan, Perhaps From Hell. Hana, To He Low). According To Hebrew Tradition, A Son Of Ilam, Gen. X. 6. The Curious Story Is Told Of Him In Gen. Ix. 22-27, That He Was Cursed Because Of A Wrong Done Not By Him. But ...
Canaanites
Canaanites, Ka'nort-its. The Name Given In The Old Testament To The People On The West Of The Jordan Who Were Dispossessed By The In Vasion Of The Ilebrews. The Use Of The Term Is Somewhat Vague, And In This Respect Is Like The Indefiniteness Of Canaan As A Ge4)graphi•al Des ...
Canadian Literature
Canadian Literature. A Classifica Tion Under Which Is Grouped The Large Company Of Writers, Both French And English, Who Are Connected With The Canadas By Birth Or By Resi Dence. The Expression Is Open To Some Objection, But Has Been Adopted For The Sake Of Conven Ience. French Canada. Comprising ...
Canary
Canary (named After The Canary Islands). A Small Finch Warduclis Canaria), A Native Of The Canary Islands. Aladeira, And The Cape Verde, But Introduced Into Europe As A Cage-bird In The Latter Part Of The Fifteenth Or Early In The Six Teenth Century, And Now Found, As A Captive, In ...
Canary Grass
Canary-grass (phalaris Canariensis). An Annual Grass Of Which Seed Is Much Used, Under The Name Canary-seed, As Food For Cage Birds, And Which Is, On That Account. Cultivated To Some Extent In The South Of Europe, :ind In Certain Districts Of Germany And England. It Is A Native Of The ...
Canary Islands Or Canaries
Canary Islands. Or Canaries (lat. Canaria, From Cani.s. Dog, Perhaps Because Of The Shape Of The Largest Island). A Group Of Islands In The Atlantic. Off The Northwestern Coast Of Africa. Constituting A Province Of Spain (slap: Africa. C 2). They Extend From About Latitude 27° 40' To 29° 25' ...
Canby Edward Richard S
Can'by. Edward Richard S Prigg (1819-73). An American Soldier. He Was Born In Kentucky, Early Removed With His Parents To Indiana, Grad Uated At West Point In 1839, And Served As Second Lieutenant In The Seminole War From 1839 To 1842, And As Captain In The Mexican War In 1846-47, ...
Canceling
Canceling (let. Ennrelli, Lattice-work). The Nxtinguishment Of The Rights Or Obligations Created By A Written Instrument By Olditerating Or Destroying The Instrument Itself. Originally The Efficacy Of The Ad Depended On A Strict (.0111 Ph:imp With The Prescribed Form Of Drawing Transverse Lines Over The Face Of The Document: But ...
Candle
Candle (lat. From Eamlere, To Be White, Glow). A Cylinder Of Wax Or Fatty Mat Ter, With A Wick, Intended For Giving Light. Candles Are Made Of Tallow, The Solid Portion Of Palm And Cocoanut Oils, Bleat-lied Wax, Sperma Ceti. And Paraffin, And Other Oily Substances Found In Coal, Shale, ...
Candlemas
Candlemas (engl. Candle + Mass). Lit Its Ecclesiastical Meaning, The Feast Of The Puri Fication Of The Virgin Nary. Observed On The Second Of February. This Festival Is Very Strict Ly Kept By The 'roman Catholic Church, There Being A Procession With Many Lighted Candles, And Those Required For The ...
Canker
Canker (lat. Cancer, Cancer). A Disease Affecting The Hoof Of A Horse. An Obstinate In Flammation Of The Frog And Sole Of The Foot Of The Horse Maw Follow An Attack Of Thrush. This Malady Occurs In Two Different Forms— In The Acute .tags, When The Malady Is Chiefly Local; ...
Cankerworm
Cankerworm. A Gregarious Caterpillar Of Either Of Two Moths Of The Geometric] Fancily Monocteniidle. One Is On The Wing In The Au Tumn And The Other In The Spring. The Moths Of The Spring Cankerworm ( L'alcaerita Vcrnata) Vamp Forth From The Chrysalis In The Spring. But A Few Of ...
Cannibalism
Cannibalism. The Practice Of Eating Human Flesh. The Word Is Derived From Caniba, A Variant Of Carib. The Name Of The West In Dian Tribe Among Whom The Spanish Discoverers First Noticed The Custom. The Practice Is Very Widespread, Having Been Found Within The His Toric Period In Both Americas. ...
Cannon
Cannon (fr. Canon, Gun, From Med. Lat. Canon, Tube, Lat. Canna, Reed; Cmfused With Gk. Tearer, /.•ann, Straight Rod, Rule). Artillery Weap Ons Not Capable Of Being Carried And Tired In The Hands, And From Which Projectiles Are Thrown By The Expansive Force Of Gases, Produced By The Emnbustion Of ...
Canoe
Canoe, And Canoeing (sp. Canoe, Canoe, From Carib Cainioa 1. Strictly Speaking. A Canoe Is A Light Boat Designed To Be Propelled By A Pad Dle Held In The Hands, Without Any Fixed Support ; And In The Main That Is Correct, Although In Some Cases Canoes Have An Auxiliary ...
Canon
Canon, Kti-nyr,re Or, Engl. Prom, Knn'yon, Or Canyon (sp. Anion. Calm, Tube, Funnel, Can Non). A Tern) Applied In The United States To A Deep And Extensive Ravine Along A Watercourse. Canons Are Formed By The Erosive Action Of Rivers On Their Beds, And Are Usually Limited To The Upper ...
Canon Alexandrinits
Can'on Al'exandri'nits (lat.). The Alexandrine Canon, So Called, Is Made Up Of Lists Of The Best Greek Writers In The Various Fields Of Literature, And Is Commonly Attributed To Aris Tophanes Of Byzantium (q.v.) And Aristarchus (q.v.). It Is Possible That The Older Parts Of The Extant Lists Go Hack ...
Canon Law
Canon Law. The Law Of The Roman Cath Olic Church, Embodied In The Corpus Luris Ca Nonici. Its Sources Are The Bible, The Writings Of The Fathers, The Canons Of The Councils. The Decretals Of The Popes. The Manuals Of Penance, Custom, And Secular Legislation, Especially In The Code Of ...
Canon Of
Canon (of. Canonic, Late Lat. Canonicus, From Init, Canon, Rule, (lk. Hne6e,kanon, Straight Bar, Rule, Norm,. An Ecclesiastic Not Belonging To Any Of The Religious Orders, Lout Living In A Com Munity Under A Definite Rule Of Life. As Early As The Fourth Century, Eusebius Of Vercelli (died C.371) United ...
Canonization
Canonization. In The Roman Catholic Clench, The Act Of The Pope By Which A Deceased Person Is Solemnly Declared To Be A Saint. It Had Its Origin In The Practice In The Early Church Of Inserting Ill The Commemorative Prayer Of The Liturgy The Names Of Those Who Had Died ...
Canopy
Canopy (fr. Canape, It. Eanope, Med. Lat. C(1)1(1111001, Gauze Net. Gk. Kurwaeior, A-oaf:fp-ion, Perhaps From K6v0f Cmos, Cone Ops, Face). Originally A Mosquito-netting In The Form Of A Tent. In This Sense The Word Was Used As Early As Herodotus ( Ii. 95) Of The Nets Which The Nile Fishermen ...
Canova
Canova, Kit-iffiva, Antonio (1757-1s22). An Italian Sculptor. He Was Born At Possagno In The Province Of Treviso, November 1, 1757. His Family Had Been Stone-cutters For Generations. And His Grandfather Taught Him The Use Of The Chisel. The Lad's Talent Attracted The Attention Of The Venetian Senator Giovanni Falieri, Who ...
Canovas Del Castillo
Canovas Del Castillo, Kli'mi-vas Del Ka-stely4, Antossto (1828-97). A Spanish States Man, Born In Malaga. June 5, 182s. He Stud Ied Philosophy And Law In Madrid, Entered Jour Nalism, And Soon Became Active In Polities. In 1852 He Represented His Native City In The Cortcs As A Liberal, And Two ...
Canteen
Canteen' (fr. Cantina, From It. Cantina, Cellar Military. A Place Of Refreshment, Set Apart In Every Army Post, Wherever Practicable. For The Use Of The Rank And File Of The Troops Sta Tioned There. In The States. The Canteen System Consists Of A Number Yf So-called Post ("changes. Intended To ...
Canterbury
Canterbury, Krin'ter-wel (as. Uburh, Burg Of The Nents, From Gem Pl. Of ('ant Oar, Kentish Man + Burl:, Town). A Municipal And Parliamentary Borough, Civic County. And Cathedral City In Kent. England. On The River Stour, 56 Miles East-southeast Of Lon Don. On The Highroad From London To Dover (map: ...
Canticles
Canticles (lat. Ranticulum, Little Song, From Canere, To Sing. The Name Of The Book Is In Lat. Rantieum Canticorum, Song Of Songs. Gk. Go-act (icracircov, Asmat6n. Heb. Slur Hash Shirim). One Of The Books In The Hebrew Canon. There Is No Reference To It In The Old Testament. The Old-testament ...
Canton
Canton' (chinese Kicang-ehow-fu, Or Sheng Sheng). One Of The Chief Commercial Cities Of China, Capital Of The Province Of Kwang-tung And Residence Of The'viceroy For The Two Provinces Of Kwang-tung And Kwang-si. It Is Situated On The Chu-kiang Or Pearl River, About 70 Miles From The Sea, In Latitude 23° ...
Canton_2
Canton. A City And Eounty-seat Of Stark County. Ohio, 60 Miles South-southeast Of Cleve Land, On The Nimishillen Creek, And On The Cleve Land, Canton And Southern, The Baltimore And Ohio, And The Pennsylvania Railroads (map: Ohio, Ii 4). It Is In A Fine Wheat-growing District, And Coal, Limestone, And ...
Cantonments
Can'tonments (fr. Containment, From Container, To Quarter, From Canton, Quarter), Military. A More Or Less Permanent Camp Or District, In Which Soldiers Are Quartered. In Europe, Before The Era Of Railroads And Modern Scientific Warfare And Transport, There Would Be Frequently Long Intervals Between Active Opera Tions, Caused Principally By ...
Canute
Canute, Ka-nut', Or Cnut, Knout (c.994 1035). King Of The English, Danes, And Nor Wegians, And Known As The Great. He Was The Son Of Sweyn, King Of The Danes, And On The Death Of His Father, In 1014, Was Proclaimed King Of England By The Warriors Of The Danish ...
Canvas Of
Canvas (of. Eaneras, Sled. Lat. Cannera Shim, From Lat. Cannabis, Hemp). A Strong, Coarse Cloth Made Of Cotton. Flax, Or Hemp. Can Vas Is Used (1) On Board Ship For Sails, Awnings, Hatch-hoods, Boat-covers, Tarpaulins, Etc. Flax Canvas Is Used For The Sails Of Large Vessels. It Is Woven In ...
Canvasback
Canvasback. An American Fresh-water Duck (aythya Rallisneria), Regarded As Superior To All Others For Food. It Breeds From Dakota Northward, But Most Numerously In The Far North, Making Its Nest On The Ground. In A Marsh, And Laying Six To Ten Greenish-buff Eggs. (for Illustration, See Plate Of Ducks, Wild.) ...
Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island. A Rocky Island Of Irregular Form In British North Anteriea, Miles Long By 85 Miles Broad, Between Latitudes 45° And 47° N., And Between Longitudes Ow And 61° 30' W. (map: Nova Scotia, H 3). It De Rives Its Name From A Cape At Its Eastern Extrem ...
Cape Town
Cape Town. The Capital Of Cape Colony And The Second Seaport Of British South Africa (map: Cape Colony, D 9). It Is Situated On Table Bay, On A Slope Of Table Mountain, In Latitude Voh. 33° 50' S. And Longitude Is' 28' E. It Is Well Built With Tine Streets ...
Cape Verde Islands
Cape Verde Islands (ilhas Verdes). A Group Of Islands In The Atlantic Ocean, West Of Africa, Belonging To Portugal, Situated Between Latitudes 14° 45' And 17° 19' N., And Between Longitudes 22° 45' And 25° 25' \v. (map: Africa, 11 3). The Ten Principal Islands Are Santiago (sao Thiago), The ...
Capello
Capello, Kft-pm'il, Or Cappello (it., Hair), Bianca (c.1542-87). An Italian Adven Turess, Wife Of Francesco De' :medici. She Was Born Of A Noble Family In Venice, And In 1563 Eloped To Florence With Pitro Bonaventuri. Soon Afterwards She Formed A Liaison With Francesco De' Mcdh.i. Who Had Recently Married Joanna, ...
Caper
Caper (fr. Capre, Lat. Eapparis, Gk. Lair Rapa, Kapparis). The Pickled Flower-bud Of The Caper-bush (rapparis Spinosa). It Has An Agree Able Pungency Of Taste, With A Slight Bitterness, And Has Long Been In Very General Use As A Condi Ment And Ingredient Of Sauces. It Possesses Medicinal Properties, Being ...
Capernaum
Capernaum, Ka -p?enti (gk.kan-epvaniv, Kapernaoum, Kagapvaap, Kapharnaount, I Feb. Kaphar Nahum, Village Of Nahum). A Town Of Galilee Frequently Mentioned In The Gospel His Tory. When Jesus Was Driven Out Of Nazareth At The Opening Of His Galilean Ministry He Made His Home At Capernaum (matt. Iv. 13). So Closely ...
Capetian
Capetian (ka-wshan) Dynasty (fr. ('apetiens). The Royal Line In France From 937 To 1328. On The Death Of Louis V., The Last Of The Carolingians, In 987, Hugh Capet Was Elected King By The Aid Of The Clergy. From That Time, For 341 Years, All Of The Rulers Of France ...
Caphtor
Caph'tor. The Original Home Of The Phil Istines. Dent. Ii. 23, ..amos Ix. 7, Who Are There Fore Called Caphtorim. Gen. X. 14, Dent. Ii. 23. Crete Is Probably Meant. Its Importance During The Myeenann Age And Its Close- Relations To Egypt. As Revealed By Recent Diseoveries, Render The Identifieation ...
Capillarity
Capillar'ity. That Branch Of Physics Which Considers The Properties Of Liquid Surfaces. The Fundamental Property Of Such Surfaces Is Their Tendency To Contract. This Is Shown By The Fact That A Liquid Surface Always Assumes The Smallest Area Compatible With The Existing Condi Tions. Thus Falling Drops Of Liquids Are ...
Capital
Capital (fr. Capital, :med. Lat. Capitula, From Lat. •apitalis, Pertaining To The Head, From Caput, Head: For The Origin Of The Meaning Ef. Principal, In The Sense Of Capital). In Political Economy, The Money, Or The Property Convertible Into Money, With Which A Trader Carries On His Business. Adam Smith ...
Capital Punishment
Capital Punishment. Punishment By Death. It Is Generally Considered To Be The Severest Penalty Which The Courts May Prescribe, And The Number Of Offenses For Which It Is In Flicted Is Everywhere Diminishing. Indeed, This Extreme Penalty, Notwithstanding The Practice Of The World Front The Remotest Times Down To The ...
Capitals
Capitals. The Name Applied To Letters Of Larger Size Than The Smaller And More Usual Char Acters Of The Same Value In A Font Of Type. Be Sides Differing In Size The Larger Sizes Vary Some What In Form From The Smaller Letters, As In B, B; G: R. R. ...
Capitol
Capitol (lat. Capitoliain, From Caput, Head). The Citadel Of Ancient Rome, And Site Of The National Sanctuary. The Temple Of Jupiter. It Was Situated On The Mons 0/pito/it/us. The Smallest But Most Famous Of The Seven Hills On Which Rome Was Built. The Hill Consists Of Two Summits. Of Which ...
Capitularies
Capit'ularies ( Fr. Capitulaire, Med. Lat. Capitulare, From Chapter, From Caput, Head). A Term Used For The Orders And Consti Tutions Published By The Frankish Kings. The Name Was Derived From The Fact That These Con Stitutions Were Divided Into Chapters (lat. Capi Tutu). It Is Probable That The Eapitularies ...
Capmany Y De Montpalau
Capmany Y De Montpalau, Tttii'nv E I/dm '0101% Nd/a In De (1742 1813). A Spanish Philologist And Antiquarian, Horn In Ilarcelona. Lie At First Entered The Army And Served In The •ampaign Against Portugal. Afterwards Lie Assisted Pablo De (clavicle In His Attempt To Colonize The Sierra Morena, An Enter ...
Cappadocia
Cappadocia, Kiip'pa-do'shi-fi (gk. N.cmra Chnda, Kappadolcia, Opers. Ka (patuka). In An Cient Geography, An Extensive Region In The East Of Asia Minor. It Was A Persian Province: After The Death Of Alexander The (treat Formed For About Three Centuries A Kingdom Under A Greek Dynasty: And Finally, In A.d. 17, ...
Capri
Capri, Kii'prt. (lot. (*uprise, From Raper, Goat). A Beautiful Rocky Island In South Italy, At The Southern Entrance To The Bay Of Naples, Miles West Of Cape Campanella—from Which It Is Separated By The Buses Piceola—and 20 Miles Southwest Of The City Of Naples (map: 1) 12). It Is Miles ...
Caprivi
Caprivi, Kft-priv'e, Georg T.eo, Count Von. The Second Chancellor Of The German Empire. He Was Born February 24, 1s31, At Charlottenburg, Studied In Berlin, And In 1349 Volunteered In The Raiser Franz Grenadiers. During The Campaign In Ia In Mg He Was Made A Major And A Member Of The ...
Capsicum
Cap'sicum (neo-lat., From Lat. Capsa, Box, From Capere, To Hold). A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Solanneete. Having A Wheel Shaped Corolla, Projecting And Converging Sta Mens, And A Dry Berry. The Species Are All Of A Shrubby, Busby Appearance, And Have More Or Woody Stems. Although They ...
Capstan
Capstan (fr. Cabestan, Sp. Cabestrante, Probably From Lat. Capistrarc, To Tie With A Hal Ter, From Rapistrum. Halter, From Copere, To Hold). A Machine Nsed On Shipboard For Hand Ling The Anchor And Other Heavy Weights. It Was Formerly Made Of Wood, With Iron Fit Tings, But Is Now Generally ...
Capuchins
Capuchins (fr. Eapucin, Sp. Capuchins, From It. Eapuceio. Cowl, Med. Lat. Eaputium, Eapitium, From Caput. Head). A Branch Of The Franciscan Order Of Friars, Whose Rule Is Es Sentially The Same As That Of The Friars Minor, Or Minorites. They Were Founded At Montefa]co, In Umbria, By Matteo Di Bassi, ...
Capulets
Cap'ulets And Mon'tagues. The Eng Lish Forms Of The Names Of The Cappelletti And Monteeehi, Two Noble Families Of Verona, Chiefly Memorable From Their Connection With The Legend On Which Shakespeare Founded Romeo And Juliet. They Are Mentioned By Dante (purgatorio, 06) In Connection With Albert Of Hapsburg, King Of ...
Caracalla 18s 217
Car'acal'la (18s-217). Emperor Of Rome From 211 To 217. His Real Name Was Bassianus. He Was The Son Of Septimius Severus And .tulia Donna, And Was Born At Lugdunum (lyons), April 4, A.d. 188. His Father Playfully Nicknamed Him Caracalla, Because He Was Found Of Wearing A Long, Hooded Mantle, ...
Caravaggio
Caravaggio, Kii'ra-vii'jo. .aiiciielancelo A Ni Erici, Or 1\101014 ( ) • An Italian Painter. Founder Of The Naturalistic School. He •il-; Born In Caravaggio. Bergamo Province, The Son Of A -tone-mason. As A Boy He Was Employed To Prepare Plaster For The Fresco Painters Of Milan, And From Them He ...
Caravan
Caravan (fr. Cararanc. Sp. Eararana, From Pers. Karran, From O. Pers. Kfira, People, Army). The Name Given To The Great Assemblages Of Travelers Which, At Stated Times, Traverse The Deserts Of Asia And Africa. Most Caravans Are Formed For The Purposes Of Trade. The Merchants Associating Themselves For Mutual Aelp ...
Carbides
Carbides (carbon + Ide). Compounds Of Carper And The Metals. The Most Important Car L‘ides Are Iron Carbide And Calcium Carbide. Mol Ten Iron Unites Directly Carbon To Form A Series Of Definite Chemical Compounds, Fe,c, Fe,c, Fec,, Etc. The Presence Of These Com Pounds, In Variable Quantities, In Metallic ...
Carbon
Carbon (lat. Mrbo. Coal). One Of Ihe Most Important Chemical Elements. It Exists In Large Quantities. Both In The Free State And In Combination To Ith Other Substances. It Occurs Uncombined In The Mineral Graphite. Or Black Lead. And In The Diamond, Which Is Pure Crystal Lize41 Ea•on. It Is ...
Carbonari
Carbonari, Kiir'10.nii'm (it., Pl. Of (wbo Naro, From Hat. Eurbmiarius, Eharcoal-burner, Collier, From Carbo, Coal). The Name Of A Secret Political Society Which Took An Active Part In The Struggle Fur Italian Liberty And Unity. Its Existence And Character First Be Came In Some Degree Known In 1s15. The Constitution, ...
Carboniferous System
Carboniferous System. One Of The Main Divisions Of The Paleozoic Group Of Rocks, Comprising All Strata That Lie Between The De Vonian And Triassic Systems. The Name Was First Used In England, Because Of The Coal-scams Contained In The Strata, A Characteristic Now Known To Be Of Almost World-nxide Importance. ...
Cardiff
Cardiff ( Caer-taff, Fort •of The Taff). A Parltamentary And Municipal Borough. Seaport, And Capital Of Glarnorganshire, South Wales, Sit Uated On The River Taff, Near Its Mouth In The Estuary Of The Severn, 170 Miles West Of London By Railway (map: Wales, C 5). Its Most Nota Ble Building ...
Cardinal
Cardinal (lat. Cardinalis, Pivotal, Prin Cipal, From Rani°, A Hinge). The Highest Digni Tary In The Church Of Rome After The Pope, Whose Elector And Councilor He Is. The Title, However, In The Ante-nicene Period, Was Used More Gener Ally, Being Applied To The Clergy Who Were Per Manently Attached ...
Cardinal Virtues
Cardinal Virtues. According To The Ancients, The Virtues Of Justice, Prudence, Tem Perance, Fortitude. They Were So Called Because The Whole Of Human Virtue Was Supposed To Hinge Or Turn Upon Them. In Other Words. They Were Considered As A Full And Comprehensive Classification Of A Man's Various Duties. This ...
Cards
Cards (fr. Carte, Card. Med. Lat. Curia, Charta, Card, Lat. Charta, Paper, From Gk. Xdprn, Charff, Leaf Of Paper). Cards For Playing Games Of Chance Are Of The Most Remote Antiquity, And Of Almost Universal Usage. There Is Evidence That They Were In Use In Egypt In The Time Of ...
Carew
Carew, Tuomas (1598-1638). An English Poet. Of His Life Very Little Is Known. Ile Was A Son Of Sir Matthew Carew, Of Middle-littleton, Worcestershire, A Master In Chancery, And Was ,born Probably In 1598. From Westminster School He Went To Corpus Christi College, Ox Ford, But Left About 1615, Without ...
Cariban Stock
Car'iban Stock. One Of The Most Im Portant Linguistic Stocks Of South America, Its Tribes Holding At The Time Of The Discovery Nearly The Whole Coast And Midland Region Of Venezuela And British Guiana. Including The Lower Orinoco, Together With The Lesser Antil Les. Everywhere They Were Distinguished As A ...
Caribbean Sea
Car'ibbe'an Sea. A Portion Of The North Atlantic, Bordered On The South By Central America. Colombia, And Venezuela, On The West By Central America And Yucatan, And Partially Inelosed From The Ocean On The North And East By The Island Loop Of The Greater And Lesser An Tilles. It Communicates ...
Caribou
Caribou, Kiir'i-bog (canadian Fr., Amer. Indian). A French-canadian Name For The Ameri Can Forms Of The Reindeer, Regarded By Most Zo Ologists As Varieties Of The European Rangifer Tarandus. (see Reindeer.) Two Pretty Distinct Forms Exist, The Common Woodland Variety (rangifer Caribou) And The Barren-ground Va Riety (rangifer Grrrnlandicus). The ...
Caricature
Caricature (fr.. It. Caricatura, Front Med. Lat. Roricarc, To Overload, Exaggerate. From Lat. Earrus, Ear). A Representation, Descriptive Or Pictorial, In Which The Peculiarities Or Natural Characteristics Of An Individual Or Class. Are Exag Wrated, So As To Make The Object Ridiculous. In This Article The Term Is Used In ...
Carinatie
Car'ina'tie (neo-lat., Nom. Pl. Of Lat. Carinatus, Keel-shaped. From Raring, Keel). One Of The Two Great Subclasses Of Living Birds, The ' And Teuniel Flourished. The Most Important Of Its Contributors Was Du Maurier, The Relined Por Trayer Of English Aristocratie Society. In Germany Political Caricature Began With The Congress ...
Carleton
Carleton, Whiaam (1794-1869). An Irish Novelist, Born At Pririsk, Tyrone, Ireland. Bred And Educated Among The Peasantry. He Passed Through The Common Sufferings And Priva Tions Of Irish Poverty. After Receiving Sonic Scanty Instruction In A Hedge-school, He Attended An Academy At Glasslough. Subsequently A Vague Ambition Led Lihn To ...
Carlisle
Carlisle, Kiir-lil' (brit. Cacr Lad, From Veer, City, And Luel, Connected With Irish Lug, Name Of A God. (ill(;. Loehon., To Hire. Lett. Mgt, To Pray: Ef. The Lat. Form• Probably A Translation, Li/guru/him 1. A Parliamentary And Municipal Borough And An Episcopal City, The Capital Of The County Of ...
Carlos
Carlos, Dox. The Name Of Several Pre Tenders To The Spanish Crown. Don Carlos \larla Jost Isidoro De Bourbon, Count Of Molina (1788 1855), Was The Second S1,11 Of Charles Iv. Of Spa In. And Was Educated Chiefly By Priests. After The Expulsion Of Toe French From Spain, His Brother, ...
Carlyle
Carlyle, Tnomas (1795-1381). A Scot Tish Man Of Letters. He Was Born At Ecclefeehan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. December 4, 1795. Edu Cated First At The Village School, And After Wards At Annan, He Passed, In 1309, To Edin Burgh University, With A View To Entering The Scottish Church. Here He Studied ...
Carmel
Car'mel (garden Or Choice Plantation). A Mountain Range Rising Abruptly From The Plain Of Dothan, Near Joint, And Extending In A North West Direction For About 26 Miles (map: Pales Tine. B 2). The Northwest End Is Almost At The Mediterranean And Terminates As Abruptly As The Eastern. The Highest ...
Carmine
Carmine (fr., Med. Lat. Carmesinus, Pers. Girmizi, Crimson, From Ski. Krmija, Produced By Worm. From Krati. Worm -4- :nardi. Jayati% To Be Born). A Beautiful Red Pigment Obtained From Cochineal And Employed In The Manufacture Of The Liner Red Inks, In The Dyeing Of Silk, In Artificial !lowers. And In ...
Carnac
Carnac, Kitennk' (celtic). A Breton Parish And Village In The Department Of Morbihan, France. 17 Miles Southeast Of Lorient (map: France, C 4). The Village, Situated On A Gentle Slope Overlooking The Bay Of Quiberon, Has An Interesting Archwological Museum And A Church Built In 1639. The Latter Contains Some ...
Carnation
Carnation (fr., Lat. Corautio, From Corn, .\ Double•lheal.ring Variety Of The Clove Pink (dianthus, •orpophy(lus) And One Of The Most Popular Flowers Of That Family. It Is A Native Of The South Of Europe, And Has Been In Cultivation For More Than 200n Year-. It Is A Semi Hardy Perennial ...
Carnegie
Carnegie, Kii R-i)gti, A N Drew — ) . An American Manufacturer And Philanthropist, Born In Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland. Lie Came To The United States In 1848. And Began His Career As A Weaver's Assistant In A Cotton-factory At Allegheny. Pa. Here His Weekly Earnings At First Amounted To Little ...
Carnegie Institution
Carnegie Institution. An Institu Tion For Research Founded By Andrew Carnegie. It Was Incorporated On January 4, 1902, For The Promotion Of Study And Research, With Power (a) To Acquire, Hold, And Convey Real Estate And Other Property Necessary For Its Purposes And To Estab Lish General And Special Funds; ...
Carniola
Car'nio'la (ger. Krainl. An Austrian Erownland, Bounded By Carinthia And Styria On The North, Croatia On The East, Croatia And Kiis Tenland On The South, And Kiistenland On The West (map: Austria, 1) 4). It Covers An Area Of 3856 Square Miles. The Surface Of Carniola Is Mostly Mountainous. The ...
Carnival
Carnival ( Tt. Earncrale, Or Probably From Med. Lat. Rarnrlera Men , A From The Flesh. But Commonly Derived By Popular Etymology From Lat. Ea•ni Rale, Farewell To Flesh, Or It. Corn( Rale, Farewell, The Days Of Revelry Immediately Before The Beginning Of Lent. The Origin Of This Celebration Is ...