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each end, the apex adhering to 

 the yolk, and the base to the 

 white or glair : chalazion, n., 

 lctil'da>l'8n t a little tumour on 

 the edge of the eyelid, so called 

 from its supposed resemblance to 

 a hailstone. 



Chamselaucise, n. plu., Mm'-e- 

 law'-si-e (Gr. chamai, upon the 

 ground; and said to be lauchis, 

 a poplar), fringe myrtles, a tribe 

 of the Ord. Myrtacese, heath-like 

 plants with fragrant foliage, and 

 opposite dotted leaves : Chamse- 

 laucium, n., kdm''$'ldw f -8l'&m, a 

 genus of plants. 



Chamserops, n., Mm-e'-rops (Gr. 

 chamai, upon the ground ; rhops, 

 a thicket, a twig), a handsome 

 genus of palms, so called from 

 their lower growth : ChamsBrops 

 humilis, hum'tt-ls (L. humttis, 

 lowly, small from humus, the 

 earth, the ground), the only 

 European species of palrn. 



chancre, n. , shang'ker(Fr. chancre, 

 a sore), a venereal ulcer or sore : 

 chancroid, n., sMntf-kroyd (Gr. 

 eidos, resemblance), a venereal 

 ulcer having a soft base. 



channelled, a., tshdn'-n&ld (L. 

 candlis, a pipe for water), 

 hollowed out like a gutter. 



CharacesB, n. plu., Mr-d'-se-e (Gr. 

 chairo, I am glad), the Chara 

 family, an Order of curious 

 water-plants : Charas, n. plu., 

 Jcdr'-az, also Charge, n. plu., 

 kar^e, a genus of water-plants 

 which grow in stagnant water ; 

 some of them have their stems 

 encrusted with carbonate of lime, 

 and are used for polishing plate ; 

 in others not so encrusted, the 

 movement of rotation in the 

 protoplasmic matter of the tubes 

 is well seen. 



charpie, n., sMrp'-e (Fr. charpie, 

 lint compress), the fine flock ob- 

 tained by scraping linen rags or 

 lint ; a coarse kind of lint or 

 tow, used for absorbing blood, 

 matter, and the like. 



Chavica, n., sliav-ik'-a (native 

 name), a genus of plants, Ord. 

 Piperacese, natives of the hottest 

 parts of the world : Chavica 

 Roxburghii, rdlcs-berg'-i-i (Rox- 

 burgh, a county of Scotland), 

 a plant which supplies long 

 pepper : C. betle, bet' I (Sp. betle, 

 the betel-nut), the leaf of betel 

 pepper, which is chewed with 

 the areca nut in the East, as a 

 means of intoxication : * Piper' is 

 the common systematic name for 

 1 chavica. ' 



Cheiroptera, n. pin., Icir-op'ter-a 

 (Gr. cheir, the hand; pteron, a 

 wing), the Order of Mammals 

 comprising the bats and the bat 

 kind: cheiropterous, a., kir-opl 

 ter-us, pert, to the bat kind. 



Cheirostemon, n., Icir'-S'Stern'on 

 (Gr. cheir, the hand ; stemon, a 

 stamen), a genus of plants, Ord. 

 Sterculiacete, so called from 

 having five stamens, and the 

 filaments united at the base : 

 Cheirostemon platanoides, plat' 

 dn-oyd'-ez (L. plains, broad, 

 wide ; Gr. eidos, appearance), 

 the hand - plant of Mexico, so 

 called from its five peculiarly- 

 curved anthers, which resemble 

 a claw or the human hand. 



chelae, n. plu., Icel'e (Gr. kele, a 

 claw), the bifid claws or pincers 

 terminating some of the limbs 

 in such Crustacea as the crab, 

 lobster, etc.: chelate, a., kel'-at, 

 having chelae or two cleft claws. 



chelicerse, n. plu., kel-is'er-e (Gr. 

 kele, a claw ; Jceras, a horn), the 

 prehensile claws of the scorpion. 



Chelidonium, n., Icel'-i'don'-i-wn 

 (Gr. chelidonion, the celandine 

 from chelidon, a swallow), a genus 

 of plants, Ord. Papaveracese, 

 possessing narcotic properties ; 

 an orange-coloured juice : Cheli- 

 donium majus, mddf'&s (L. 

 mdjus, great), celandine, which 

 yields an orange-coloured juice, 

 and is said tohaveacrid properties. 



Chelonia, n. plu., kel-on'-i-ti, (Gr. 



