Corsica
Corsica (gk. Khrroc, Kyrnos,kopals, Kor Sis, Lat. Corsica, Fr. Corse). An Island Belonging To France (the Fourth In Size Of The Islands In The .111editerranean, Situated Between Latitudes 41° 21' And 43° N. And Longitude 8° 32' And 9° 31' E. (map: France, P 8). It Is Separated By The ...
Cortes
Cortes, Koetas (sp., Port. Pl. Of Eortc, Court). The Name Given In Spain And Portugal To The Assembly Of Representatives Of The Nation. As One District Of Spain After Another Was Recov Ered By The Christian Princes From The Moors, There Arose In Each A Corporation Composed Of The Different ...
Cortes
Cortes, Kor-t5s', Hernan Or Hernando (14s5-1547). Conqueror Of Mexico. He Was Horn At Medellin. In Estremadura. Spain. And Was Sent To The University Of Salamanca. But His Superabundant Animal Spirits And Un Restrained Passions For The Fair Sex Cut Short His University Career. The Same Cause Made It Impossible For ...
Corueta
Corueta, Kt)-ri/nyft. A Fortified Seaport Of Spain, Capital Of The Province Of The Same Name, In Galicia, Situated On A Small Headland In The Atlantic, Formed By The Three Bays Of Betan Zos, Coruna, And El Ferrol; 315 Miles Northwest Of Madrid (map: Spain, A 1). It Is Built Partly ...
Corydalis
Corydalis (neo-lat.. From Gk. Kopycla2,71c, Korydallis, Koprei6e, Korydos, Crested Lark, From Sopvc, Korys, Helmet) Or Hobson. A Genus Of Large. Net-veined Insects (true Neuroptera). Rep Resenting The Family Sialidm„and Peculiar To Amer Ica, Where Its Larva. Used For Bait Tinder The Names 'crawler,' Dobson."bell Devil,' And Many Others, Is The ...
Coryza
Cory'za. See Ozena. Cos (gk. K(7.)c, Ico.s. It. S'tanehio, Turk. Istan Hi). One Of The Dorian Sporades. Off The Southwest Coast Of Asia Minor, Now Belonging To Turkey. Cos Is About 23 Miles Long. On The Southern Side Of The Island, A Range Of Hills Ex Tends Along The Coast; ...
Cosenz
Cosenz, Kilstillz, Enrico (1820-98). An Italian Soldier, Born At Gaeta. He Entered The Military Service Of Naples In 1s40, Participated In The Campaign In Upper Italy (1848), And Afterwards Was Prominent In The Defense Of Venice Against The Austrians. In 1859 He Became A Col Onel In The 'hunters Of ...
Cosmate
Cosmate La5s-mii'tils. A Family Of Roman Medieval Artists, Named Popularly The Cosmati, From Cosmos. A Prominent Member. It Was Founded About A.d. 1140, By Laurentius, Con Tinued By His Son Jacobus, His Grandson, Cos Mas, And A Considerable Number Of Other Descendants Until About 1330, When It Dis Persed With ...
Cossacks
Cossacks (russ. Kozakii, From Turk. Kazalc, Robber; The Same Word In Tatar Designating A Light - Armed Warrior). A Name Borne By A People Living Under A Peculiar Mili Tary Organization, Who For Several Centuries Have Constituted An Important Element In The Popula Tion Of Southern Russia. Their Principal Homes ...
Cost Or
Cost Or A Great Many Estimates Have Been Published As To The Cost Of Production Of A Crop Of Cotton. None Of These Are Accurate Or Of Value, As So Many Factors Must Be Considered, Such As Different Soils, Methods Of Cultivation, Season, Etc. According To Hammond. The Cost Of ...
Cotinga
Cotinga, Ko-tett'ga, Or Chatterer (native South American). A Bird Of The Family Cotin Githe, Allied To The Waxwings And Manakins. Co Tingas Are Numerous, Both In Species And Indi Vidual4:, Inhabit Tropical America Exclusively. Feeding On Insects And Fruit, And Are Remarkable For The Splendor Of The Nuptial Plumage Worn ...
Cotopaxi
Cotopaxi, Ko't 6-pii : Fip. Aron. Ko't (5- Nv Nb. The Loftiest Active Volcano In The World. It Is In Ecuador. In The Eastern Chain Of The Andes, About 40 Miles Nearly South Of Quito, And About 50 Miles South Of The Equator, In Longi Tude 7s' 42' Iv. (map: ...
Cotton
Cotton, Joni (1585-1652). An Eminent Puritan Divine, Known As 'the Patriarch Of New England.' Be Was Born In Derby, England, And Was Educated At Trinity College And Emmanuel College, Cambridge, At The Latter Of Which He Was Successively A Fellow, Head Lecturer. Dean, And Catechist. Inclining Toward Puritanism, He Left ...
Cotton 1n The United
Cotton 1n The United States. The First Au Thentic Record Of Cotton Eultivaticln In The United States Was At Jamestown, Va., In 1607. Sea Island Cotton Was Introduced From The West Indies In 1786. The First Exportation Was In 1747, When Eight Bags Were Sent To England, The First Shipment ...
Cotton Diseases
Cotton Diseases. There Are A Number Of •ell Characterized Diseases Of The Cotton-plant, Some Of Which Are Clue To Disturbances In The Nutrition Of The Plant, Others Are Caused By Fungous Attacks, While Still Others Are Attributed To The Presence Of Minute Worms, Called Nematodes, In The Roots. Attention To ...
Cotton Insects
Cotton-insects. The Most Important Of The Insects Injurious To The American Cotton Culture Is The Cotton-worm, The Larva Of A Noc Tuid Moth (alctia Xylina), Which Sometimes De Foliates Whole Districts. It Is Believed To Be South American, And First Became Strikingly Harmful In The Southern States In 1804. It ...
Cotton Production Of Tee
Cotton Production Of Tee World. This Is Dif Ficult To More Than Approximate, As A Large Proportion And Amount Consumed Is Produced M Uncivilized Or In Semi-civilized Countries, Where No Accurate Record Is Kept ; And In Many Coun Tries And Districts Absolutely No Data Are Avail Able—as In China, ...
Cotton_2
Cotton, Sir Robert Bruce ( 1571-163] ) . A Distinguished English Antiquarian. Tounder Of The Cottonian Library, Now In The British Museum. After His Education At Westminster Sehool Under The Famous Camden, And At Cambridge, Where He Took A B.a. Degree In His Sixteenth Year, He Began Those Archaeological Pursuits ...
Cottonseed And Its Products
Cottonseed And Its Products. Cot Tonseed-oil.—cotton, Which Is Described In The Article Bearing That Title, When It Is Picked Consists Of The Seeds, And The Lint Or Fibre Adher Ing To And Covering The Seeds. The Seeds Con Stitute Rather More Than Two-thirds Of This Product, So That A Crop ...
Coucy Le Chateau
Coucy-le-chateau, A Small Village And Cantonal Seat (population, In 1901, 683) In The Department Of Aisne, France. 10 Miles North Of Soissons. It Is Celebrated For The Remains Of Its Medinsal Castle, Standing On An Acclivity, Accessible On One Side Alone. And One Of The Most Forrmid3hte Fortresses Of Its ...
Coughing As
Coughing (as. Cohbetan, Dutch Kugchen, To Cough, 51hg. Kachr». Kichor, (ter. Lowehrn, Keielien, To Gasp: Imitative Of The Sound). Con Sidered Physiologically, Coughing Consists, First, In A Long Inspiration Which Fills The Lungs To A Greater Extent Than Usual : Second, In A Closure Of The Glottis. Or Narrow Opening ...
Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs. A City And The County Scat Of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, Five Miles East Of Oma Ha. Neb.; Near The Missouri River, And On The Union Pacific, The Chicago And North Western, The Chicago, Burlington And Quincy, The Chicago, Rock Island And Pacific, The Illinois Central, And Other Railroads ...
Council Of
Council (of. Coneile, Euneilic, Lat. Roncil Ium, From Corn-, Together -j- Calare, Gk. Eaxtjv, Kalcin, To Call, 011g. Imion, Ger. Holm As. Geholian, Engl. Hale, To Summon). An Assembly Of Ecclesiastical Dignitaries Held For The Purpose Of Regulating The Doctrine Or Discipline Of The Church. As Early As The Second ...
Council Of Constance
Constance, Council Of. The Sixteenth Ecumepical Church Council (1414-1s) Called By Pope John Xxiii., At The Suggestion Of The Emperor Sigismund, To Attempt To Heal The Papal Schism (see Schism, Western), The Scan Dal Of Which Was Then At Its Height; To Deal With The Hussite Heresy; And To Consider ...
Council Of Ten
Council Of Ten (consiglio Di Elieci). The Supreme Body In The Venetian Government From The Beginning Of The Fourteenth Century Till The Overthrow Of The Republic In 1797. The Crea Tion Of The Council Of Ten Was But The Final Step In The Process By Which The Oligarchic Party Succeeded ...
Councils Of Constantinople
Constantinople, Councils Of. Eight Councils Which Are Recognized As Ecumenical Either By The Greek Or Latin Church, Or By Both, Were Held At The City Of Constantinople. The First Was The Second Ecumenical Council Of The Church. Convened In 381 By The Emperor Theodosius I. It Consisted Of 150 Bishops, ...
Count Of
Count (of. Conic, Comic, Fr. Comic, From Lat. Conies, Companions, From Coin-, Together + Ire, Gk. Meat, Ienui, Skt. I, To Go). In Classical Writers Down To The End Of The Fourth Century, The Meanings Attached To The Word Conics Were Comparatively Few And Simple. At First The Word Signified ...
Counter Reformation
Counter-reformation. The Term Used To Describe Those Measures Which The Roman Catholic Church Took, After The Reforma Tion Was Fairly Started. (1) To Reform Abuses, (2) To Counteract The Protestant Movement In Those Lands Where It Threatened To Succeed, And (3) To Uproot It Where It Had Entirely Or Very ...
Counterclaim
Counterclaim. In Pleading, An Affirma Tive Cause Of Action Asserted By The Defendant Against The Plaintiff And Introduced In Connec Tion With His Answer Or Defense Proper. The Counterclaim Is A Modern Statutory Device For Enabling A Person Who Is Sued On A Claim Against Him To Procure An Adjudication, ...
Counterpoint
Counterpoint. In Music, The Setting Of One Or More Parts Against A Given Melody, So That All The Voices Are Of Equal Importance And Independence. The Name %vas First Used In The Fourteenth Century. It Suggested Itself From The Fact. That One Note (punctits) Was Set Against An Other, Punctus ...
County Councils
County Councils. Until 1888 The County Government Of England Was Conducted In The Quarter Sessions, Held By Justices Of The Peace. As These Magistrates Were Appointed By The Crown To Attend To All Administration And The Minor Judicial Business Of The County, There Was Practically No Local Self-government. To Remedy ...
County Court
County Court. In English And Ameri Can Law, A Judicial Tribunal Of Considerable Dig Nity And Importance, Whose Jurisdiction Is Co Extensive With The Limits Of A County (q.v.). The County Courts Are Among The Most Ancient Institutions In England, Dating Back To The Popular Tribunals Of The Anglo-saxon Period. ...
County Of
County (of. Counts, Eontec, Fr. Cont(', It. Rant Ado, From Lat. Eon)itatns. County, Escort, From Comes, Count, Companion). Either (a) One Of The Civil Divisions Of A Country, For Judi Cial And Political Purposes; Or (b) A Local Sub Division Of A State Created By The Sovereign Power Of Its ...
Couple Of
Couple (of. Cuplc, Cople. Fr. Couple, Sp. Cdpula, Front Lat. Copula, Bond, Front Co-, Together Apere, Gk. Iirrap, Haptein, To Join). A Couple Is The Name Given In Statics To A Pair Of Equal Parallel Forces Acting In Opposite Directions And At Different Points Of A Body. It Is Shown ...
Couplet
Couplet (fr., Dint. Of Couple, Pair, From Lat. Copula, Bond). Any Two Lines Which Rhyme Together. The Term Is, However, More Frequently Used By Critics To Denote Two Lines Which Con Tain The Complete Expression Of An Idea, And Are, Therefore, To A Certain Extent Independent Of What Goes Before ...
Courier
Courier, Kivri-i.;r (of., Fr. Marries-. Run Ner, From Eolith-, 1.at. Currcrc, To Run). A Bearer Of Dispatches Or Letters, Usually Sent On Public Business. Such Messengers Were Exten Sively Used Up To Comparatively Recent Years— Indeed, Until The Establishment Of The Postal And Telegraph Systems Superseded Them. Organized Courier Set-vice ...
Coursing
Coursing (from Course, Of., Fr. Eoursc). The Pursuit Of A Hare By Greyhounds, Who Fol Low It By Sight And Not By Scent, Is One Of The Most Ancient Of Field Sports. Arrian (a.d. 150) Made Its History The Subject Of Much Research. There Are Two Kinds Of Coursing—'open,' Which ...
Court
Court (fr. Colic, It, Conic, From Lat. Colors, Inelosure, From Co- Together + *hors, Connected With Lat, Hortus, Garden, Gk. X6pros, Churius, Hay, 01r. Yort, Sedge, Goth. Yards, Court, 01111. Gall°, Tier. Garten, As. Geard, Engl. Yard). Courts. In The Legal Sense—i.e. Authorities Em Powered To Try And Punish Persons ...
Court Baron
Court Baron (lat. Curia Baronis). The Domestic Court Of The Lord Of A Manor. Such Courts Were Incident To Every Manor, Barony. Or Lordship Of Land, In The Anglo-saxon Period Of English History, And In Subsequent Ages Came To Be Regarded As The Characteristic And Essential Quality Of A Manor, ...
Court Fool
Court Fool. From Very Ancient Times There Existed A Class Of Persons Whose Business It Was To While Away The Time Of The Noble And The Wealthy, Particularly At Table, By Jests And Witty Sayings. The Custom Is So Old That It Is Mentioned In The Great Sanskrit Epic Ramuyana ...
Court Leet
Court Leet (from Court + Lect, As. !code, 011g. Lint, Ger. Lento, People; Connected With Och. Slay. Gudfi, Lett. Laudis, People, And Ulti Mately With Skt. Rub, To Grow). In English Law, A Local Customary Court Of Great Antiquity And Of A Popular Character, Having A Limited Erhnina Jurisdiction. It ...
Court Tennis
Court Tennis. Indoor Tennis (see Dia Gram). Usually The Court Occupies An Entire Building, And Is Lighted From The Roof, Occupying R. Playing Space Of 96 By 32 Feet, Surrounded On Three Sides By A Corridor About 0 Feet Wide (the Penthouse), Which Has A Sloping Roof About 7 Feet ...
Court Of Common Pleas
Common Pleas, Court Of. One Of The Great Historic Tribunals Of The Common Law In England. It Was Instituted, As A Separate Juris Diction, In The Reign Of Henry Iii., Under The Name Of The Court Of Common Bench, But Its Real Origin Lies Further Back, In The Provision Of ...
Court Of Session
Court Of Session. The Highest Civil Tribunal In Scotland, Instituted In The Reign Of King James V., By Statute Dating May 17, 1532. The Object Of Its Institution Was To Discharge The Judicial Functions Which Originally Belonged To The King And His Council, And Which, Since 1425, Had In A ...
Court_2
Court, Kir. Antoine ( 1696-1760). A French Reformer Called The 'restorer Of Prot Estantism In France.' He Was Born At Villeneuve De Berg, In Languedoc. March 27. 1695. His Parents Were Peasants, Adherents Of The Reformed Church, Which Was Then Undergoing Cruel Per Secution. When But Seventeen Years Old Court ...
Couthon
Couthon, Geonces (1756-94). A French Politician And Revolutionary Leader, Born At Orsay, In Auvergne. December 22, 1756. He Practiced Law Successfully At Clermont, Where He Acquired Great Popularity On Account Of His Fine Intellectual Powers And Grave Gentleness Of Character. At First A Moderate Republican, He Was Elected To Municipal ...
Covenant
Covenant. In English Law, A Contract By Deed Or Specialty, That Is, One In Which The Validity Of The Promise Does Not Depend Upon Consideration (q.v.) As In The Case Of Simple Contracts, But Upon The Formality Of Execution Of The Contract By Sealing And Delivery. The Essential Characteristic Of ...
Coventry
Coventry, Kfiv'en-tri (oe. Coventre, As. Cofatreo, Cove-tree, From Cafe, Cove + Trio, Tree, Or Tree Of Cofa; Popularly Etymologized As Con Vent Town, From The Convent Established There By Leofrie). A Manufacturing City, Parliamentary And Municipal Borough In Warwickshire, Eng Land, On The Sherbourne, Miles East-south East Of Birmingham (map: ...
Covington
Covington. A City And The County-seat Of Kenton County, Ky., At The Junction Of The Ohio And Licking Rivers, Opposite Cincinnati, Of Which It Is Practically A Suburb (map: Ken Tucky. G 1 ) . It Is Entered By The Louisville And Nashville, The Kentucky Central, And The Chesa Peake ...
Cowbird
Cowbird. A Small North American Black Bird (holuthrus Titer) Closely Related To The Red Wing, Remarkable For Its Parasitic Habits, And Frequenting In Small Flocks Fields Where Cattle Pasture, Often Alighting Upon Them To Eat Para Sites, Or Clustering About Their Feet To Snap Up The Insects Disturbed By Their ...
Cowley
Cowley, Kou'li. Abraham ( 1618-67). An English Poet And Essayist. He Was Horn Iu Lon Don. And Was Educated At Westminster School And Trinity College, Cambridge. According To His Own Statement, He Received His Poetical In Spiration From Spenser's Pacrie Queene, A Copy Of Which Lay In His Mother's Parlor. ...
Cowpea
Cowpea Eat Fang). A Leguminous Plant Indigenous To Southeastern Asia, The Malay Archipelago, And Parts Of Central Africa. Its Culture For Human Food And As A Forage Plant Has Spread To Most Tropical And Sub-tropical Coun Tries. It Was Introduced Into The United States Early In The Eighteenth Century. At ...
Cowper William 1731 1800
Cowper. William (1731-1800). An Eng Lish Poet, Son Of John Cowper. D.d. He Was Born At His Father's Rectory. At Great Berkhamp Stead, Hertfordshire. Losing His Mother When He Was Only Six Years Old, Cowper, Who Was Naturally :1 Delicate And Sensitive Child, Became, As A Boy, Very Deeply Melancholy ...
Coypu
Coypu, Koi-pl' (native South American Name), Or Nutria. An Aquatic Rodent (liyopo Minus Coypu), Widely Common In South America. Its Name In Chile Is 'coypu.' And On The Pampas But It Is Always Called By Spanish-speak Ing People Of Education Nutria ('otter'), By Which Name Its Tiff Is Known In ...
Crab As
Crab (as. Krabba, Lcel, L•rabbi, Ger. Krabbe). A Crustacean Of The Order Deeapoda And Suborder Brachyura, Characterized By The Small Size Of The Abdomen, Which Resembles A Short Tail Curved Under The Thorax, All Important Viscera Being Included In The Thorax. The Term Extends Also To Some Of The Suborder ...
Cracow
Cracow, Kril•ki!, (pol. Krakou, Ger. Krakau, Fr. Crarorie, La T. Crocoria. ('arodunum Said To He Named After Its Founder, Krakus, A Legend Ary Slavic Chief). The Ancient Capital Of The Kingdom Of Poland And Residence Of The Polish Kings, Now A Fortified City Of The Austrian C•own Land Of Galicia ...
Cranach
Cranach, Krivnao, Lucas (1472-1553). A German Painter. Born In Upper Franconia. There Is Much Dispute In Regard To His Family Name, But It. Has Been Conclusively Shown By Schn Ell:ira, On Cranach's Own Testimony, That It Was Cranach Was A Pupil Of His Father, And In 1504 Became Court Painter ...
Cranberry
Cranberry (from Crane + Berry). Name Given To The Fruit Of A Few Creeping. Vine Like Species Of The Genus Vaccinhim. Family Ericace.t. The Smaller Cranberry (raccinium Arycorrns) Grows Wild In The Peaty Bogs And Marsh Lands Of The Temperate And Colder Regions Of Both Europe And America. The Larger ...
Crane
Crane. The Largest Of The Wading Birds (grano?). They Constitute The Family Gruithe, Occupies A Very Distinctive Position Be Tween The Triunpeters And The Rails, Being Con Nected With The Latter By The Limpkins, Or Ara Inidfc. All Are Tall, Long-legged, Long-necked Birds, With The Head More Or Less Naked, ...
Crane As
Crane (as. Emu, Cornoch, 011g. Cranuh, Ehranih, Ger. Kranieh, Crane; Connected With Welsh, Corn., Bret. Garan, ()church Slay. Zhera Ri, Ru'rwr, (3-k. Y‘paros, Arranos, Crane; So Called From The Resemblance Of The Arm Of The Machine To The Neck Of The Bird). A Term Used In Mechanics To Designate A ...
Crawford
Crawford, Wimaat Harris (1772-1834). An .american Politician. He Was Born In Am Herst, Va., February 24. 1772, But Removed With His Parents To South Carolina In 1779. And Georgia In 17s3, Where, In 1798, He Was Admitted To The Bra. In 1502 He Was Chosen A Member Of The State ...
Crcesus
Crce'sus (gk. Kroisos). A Lydian King Of The Line. The Son Of Alyattes, Whom He Succeeded. He Flourished In The Sixth Century B.c. Ile Came To The Throne About The Age Of 35 (me. 50(1), And Found The Wrangling Dorians, And 'ionians An Easy Prey, But He Did Not Press ...
Creamery
Creamery. A Factory Where Butter Is Made From Milk Or Cream, Furnished By The Farmers Of The Neighborhood. It Is An American Institution. And Originated In New York About 1864, Being Suggested By The Success Of The Cheese Factory (q.v.). Which Had Been In Operation For Several Years. Within The ...
Creation
Creation (lat. Ereatio, From Ereare, To Create: Connected With Erescere, To Grow. Gk. S6pos, Koros, Youth. Goth. Hairdo, Ger. Herde, Eng. Herd, 01r. Earn, Heap, Arm. Ser, Species.•skt. §ardha, Ar. Sanda, Species), The. The Act Of The Supreme Being In Bringing The Universe Into Exist Ence, And Specifically The Account ...
Creationism
Creationism. A Term Recently Applied To The Theory Of The Origin Of Man Which Is Opposed To Evolutionism. (see Anthropology; Evolution.) As A Theological Term, It Has Long Been In Use To Designate The Theory Of The Origin Of Man's Soul By The Special Creative Act Of God In The ...
Crebillon
Crebillon, Krh'be'yox'. Claude Prosper Jolyot De ( 1707-77). A Noted French Story-teller And Wit. Ile Was Horn In Paris. February 14. 1707, The Son Of The Dramatist Prosper Jolyot Crimilton. Except For A Five Years' Exile For Po Litical And Theological Allusions In His Novels, Etpecially Concerning The Papal Bull ...
Credit
Credit (fr. Credit, From Lat. Ercilitum, A Loan, Neut. P.p. Of Ercdcre, To Trust). In Politi Cal Economy This Term Indicates Broadly The Con Fidence Which Is Reposed In The Ability And Pur Pose Of Men To Meet Future Obligations. It Is Defined By J. S. Mill As Permission To ...
Credit Mobilier
Credit Mobilier, Kr5'de' Mo'be'yte. A Well-known Financial Institution Of France. On November 18, 1852, The French Government Sanc Tioned The Statutes Of A New Bank Under The Name Of The Societe Generale Du Credit Mollifier. With A Capital Of 60.000.000 Francs. The Name Was Intended As A Contrast To The ...
Credit Mobilier Of America
Credit Mobilier Of America. A Joint-stock Company, Whose Alleged Corrupt Opera Tions In Connection With The Building Of The Union Pacific Railroad Gave Rise, In 1872-73, To The Greatest Congressional Scandal In American His Tory. The Company Was Chartered As The 'penn Sylvania Fiscal Agency,' In 1859• Was Organized For ...
Creditor
Creditor (lat. Creditor, One Who Trusts, From Seeders, To Trust). In Its Broadest Sense, Any Person In Whose Favor A Legal Obligation Exists, Whether That Obligation Arises From The Mutual Assent Of The Parties, As In The Ease Of Contract (q.v.), Or From A Rule Of Law, As In The ...
Creeds And Confessions As
Creeds And Confessions (as. Erpda, Of., Fr., Prov., Port.. Sp., It. Credo, Creed, From Lat.. Credo, I Believe, The First Word Of The Apos Tles' And Nicene Creeds). The Names Given To The Authorized Expressions Of The Doctrine Of The Church At Large, Or Of The Several Main Sections Into ...
Creeks
Creeks (so Called From The Numerous Creeks Running Through Their Land), Or Musconee, Inns-k0t. (algonquin Maskoki, Creeks). An Indian Confederacy, Formerly Holding The Greater Portions Of Alabama And Georgia. And Second In Importance Among The Gulf Tribes Only To The Cherokee. The Ruling Tribe Was The Muscogee, Whose Language Was ...
Cremation In The Nineteenth
Cremation In The Nineteenth Century. In Great Britain The Revival Of The Practice Of Cre Mation Was Discussed As Early As 1658, When Sir Thomas Browne Published His Hydriotaphia, Or Urn Burial. In 1s17 Dr. J. Jameson Wrote A Sketch On The Origin Of Cremation. For Many Years During The ...
Cremona
Cremona, Kili-mrvna. The Capital Of The Province Of The Same Name In North Italy, Situ Ated (10 Miles Southeast Of Milan, In A Fertile Plain On The Left Bank Of The Po, Below The Adda And Above The Oglio (map: Italy, E 2). It Has Broad But Irregular Streets And ...
Creodonta
Cre'odon'ta (neo-lat., Nom. Pl. Of Gk. K Piac , Krcas, Flesh + Odors, Odous, Tooth). A Suborder Of Extinct Mammals, Ancestral To The True Carnivores, And Hence Sometimes Called Car Nivora Primigenia, And Found Fossil In The Lower Tertiary Rocks. The Ereodonts Comprise Primi Tive Or Synthetic Types Of Animals ...
Creole Case
Creole Case, Tim. An Incident In Ameri Can History, Which Caused Some Frietion Between The Governments Of The United States And Great Britain And Was The Occasion Of An Animated Debate Between The Pro-slavery And Anti-slavery Elements In Congress. In 1841, 19 Of The 195 Slaves On Board The American ...
Cress As
Cress ( As. Cresse, Cwrss, 011g. Eresso, Cress°, Ger. Ercssc; Probably From 011g. Chresun, 11i1g. Krcscn, To Creep). A Name Given To Many Plants, Of Which The Foliage Has A Pungent, Mus Tard-like Taste, And Is Used As A Salad. It Is Sometimes More Strictly Confined To The Genus Lepidium, ...
Crest Of
Crest (of. Crestc, Fr. Crete, Sp., Port., It. Cresta, Crest, From Lat. Crista, Comb, Tuft; Con Nected With Lat. Crisis, Hair). Though Popu Larly Regarded As The Most Important Feature In Heraldic Emblems, The Crest, In The Eyes Of Heralds, Is An External Adjunct To The Shield, Without Which The ...
Cretaceous
Cretaceous (kra-ta'slycis) System, Or Chalk Formation (lat. Cretacens, Chalky, From Ereta, Chalk). A Term Applied To A Series Of Strata Underlying The Tertiary And Resting On The Jura Trias, The Name Being Derived From The Chalk Beds Which Form Such A Prominent Member Of The Cretaceous In England And France. ...
Crete
Crete (lat. Greta, Gk. Kpiirl, Krete, Kplri, Kriti, Turk. Kiret), Or R.4 Ndia. An Island In The Mediterranean, Situated South Of Greece, Considered The Most Southerly Part Of Europe. It Lies Between Latitudes 34° 57' And 35° 41' N., And Between Longitude3 23° 30' And 20° 20' E. (slap: Greece. ...
Crevecceur
Crevecceur, Krev'ker', Jean Il Ector Saint Dons De (1731-1813). A French Agriculturist, Traveler, And Author. Lie Was Born At Caen, And Was Educated In England. He Caine To America In 1754, Bought An Estate Near New York, And Married The Daughter Of An American Merchant. He Suffered Much From The ...
Cribbage
Cribbage (from Crib, Rack, Ger. Krippc, Obg. Krippa, Also Chripfa: Connected With \iiig. Basket, Which Is Probably Related To Lat. Corbis, Basket). A Game Of Cards, Which Can Be Played By Two, Three, Or Four Persons, But Is Mostly Played By Two With A Pack Of Fifty-two Cards. , %limn ...
Crichton
Crichton, Kri'ton, James (1560-c.85), Called The Admirable Crichton. A Scotch Man Famous For His Versatility And His Universal Ac Complishments. He Was The Son Of Crich Ton, Of Eliock, Dumfriesshire, Who Was Joint Lord Advocate Of Scotland From 1562 To 1573, And From 1573 To 1581. Ou His Mother's Side ...
Cricket
Cricket (probably From Of. Criquet, Stick Used As A Marker In The Game Of Bowls). The National Game Of England Is Played Wherever Englishmen Have Colonized, And In Many Of Great Britain's Possessions, Notably In The West Are Regulated At Meetings Of This Club. This Has Always Been The Custom ...
Cricket Of
Cricket (of. Crequet, Fr. Criquct;, Ulti Mately Imitative In Origin). Any Of The Salta Torial Insects Of The Orthopterous Family Gryl Lida-, Distinguished From The Loeustida. By The Cylindrical Spear-shaped Ovipositor Of The Female. The Family Contains Three Very Distinct Groups: (1) Mole-crickets (q.v.), With Fore Legs Devel Open For ...
Crimea
Crimea (russ. Echo, Krym, Lit. Chersone Sus Toorien). A Peninsula In The South Of Rus Sia. Forming Part Of The Government Of Taurida, And Comprising The Districts Of Perekop. Eupa Toria, Simferopol, Yalta, And Feodosia (map: Russia, D 5). It Is United To The Mainland By The Very Narrow Isthmus ...
Crimean War
Crimean War. The Name Given To The War Of 1854-50 Between Russia On The One Hand, And Turkey With Her Allies. France. England, And Sardinia, On The Other. It Was Ushered In By The Struggle Between Russia And Turkey, Which Broke Out In 1853, The Immediate Occa Sion Of Which ...
Criminal Intent
Criminal Intent. In Order That An Act Shall Amount To A Crime, It Must Be Committed With A Criminal Intent. It Is Not A Crime To Take The Life Of A Human Being If This Is Done Pursuant To A Legal Command, As In The Case Of A Sheriff Inflicting ...
Criminal Law
Criminal Law. A Phrase Signifying The Body Of Legal Rules Which Define Criminal Offenses, Prescribe Their Punishment, And Provide For The Apprehension And Trial Of Persons Charged With Crime. The Tendency At Present Is To Codify This Branch Of The Law. In New York, For Ex Ample, The Substantive Part ...
Criminology
Crim'inol'ogy (from Lat. Erimen, Crime -1- Gk. Royia, Login, Account, From 2.4etv, Legein, To Say). The Science Which Treats Of The Nature And Causes Of Crime. As A Separate Study It Is Of Comparatively. Recent Growth, And The Credit For Its Foundation As An Independent Branch Of Knowledge Is Usually ...
Crinoline
Crinoline (fr., From Lat. Erinis, Hair ± Haim, Flax). A Name Originally Given By French Dressmakers To A Fabric Made Of Horsehair, Capable Of Great Stiffness, And Employed To Dis Tend Women's Attire: It Is Also Applied In A Gen Era] Way To Those Structures Of Steel Wire Or Hoops ...
Crisis
Crisis (lat.. From Gk. Splalc, Krisis, Decision, From Spivetr, Krincin, Lat. Ecrncre, To Decide). A Name Used By The Older Physicians To Denote The Rapid Or Sudden Determination Of An Acute Disease In The Direction Of Convalescence Or Of Death. It Is Opposed In Signification To Lysis (fuo, I Relax), ...