cause men fought with burnt stakes and firebrands before arms were invented To breathe, P. L. ii. 244. to smell, to throw out the smell, to exhale, to send out as breath To braid, to plait, to weave, to twist. Braided Brigandine, S. A. 1120. a coat of mail To bristle, P. L. vi. 82, to erect in bristles. The Bullion, P. L. i. 704. gold or silver in the lump, unwrought, uncoined. Bullion dross, the dross which arose from the metal in refining it But, P. L. iii. 377. except, unless Buxome, is vulgarly understood for wanton, jolly; but it properly signifies flexible, yielding, obedient, obsequious, as P. L. ii. 842. v. 270; and also gay, lively, brisk, as P. xiii. 24. C Cacias, P. L. x. 699. the north-west wind Callow, P. L. vii, 420. unfledged, naked, without feathers To calve, P. L. vii. 463. to bring forth, from the Belgic word calven, to bring forth Caparison, P. L. ix. 35. a horse-cloth, or sort of cover for a horse, a which is spread over his fur niture Caravan, P. L. vii. 428. P. R. i. 323. a great convoy of merchants, which meet at certain times and places, to put themselves into a condition of defence from thieves, who ride in troops in several desert places upon the road in Persia and Turkey. It is like an army, consisting ordinarily of five or six hundred camels, and near as many horses, and sometimes more Carbuncle, a jewel that shines in the dark like a lighted coal or candle To career, P. L. vi. 756. to run with swift motion. Careering fires, are lightnings darted out by fits; a metaphor taken from the running in tilts, says Dr. Newton Carol. P. L. xii. 367. a song of devotion To carol, P. to praise, to celebrate To cast, P. L. iii. 634. to consider, to contrive, to turn the thoughts Cataphracts, S. A. 1619. men or horses completely armed; from xaraQpáσow, armis munio Cataract, P. L. ii. 176. xi. 824. a fall of water from on high, a shoot of water, a cascade Catarrh, P. L, xi. 483. a defluction of sharp se rum from the glands about the head and throat Cates P. R. ii. 348. viands, food, dish of meat; generally employed to signify nice and luxuri aus food Cedarn, P. the same as cedrine, of or belonging to the cedar tree Centaur, P. L. x. 328. the sign of Sagittarius, or the Archer, in the Zodiac Centric, P.L. x. 671. placed in the center. Centric (or concentric) spheres, P. L. viii. 83. are such spheres whose center is the same with that of the earth Cerastes, P. L. x. 525. a serpent having horns, or supposed to have horns; from xipas, a horn Charity, P. L. iv. 756, tenderness, kindness, love. Charities is used in the Latin signification, and, like caritates, comprehends all the relations, all the endearments of consanguinity and affinity. The theological virtue of universal love, P. L. iii. 216. xii. 584 Chimera. P. L. ii. 628. a monster feigned to have the head of a lion, the belly of a goat, and the tail of a dragon. Hence it signifies a vain and wild fancy, as remote from reality as the exist ence of this poetical chimera Chivalry, P. L. i. 307. (from the French chevalerie), signifies knighthood, and also those who use horses in fight, both such as ride on horses and such as ride in chariots drawn by them. In the sense of riding and fighting, the word is used ver. 765; and in the sense of riding and fighting in chariots drawn by horses, P. R. iii. 343. compared with ver 328 Chrysolite, P. L. iii. 596. a precious stone of a dusky green, with a cast of yellow Cieling, P. L. xi. 743. the inner roof. It may be thought (says Mr. Richardson) too mean a word in poetry; but Milton had a view to its derivation from the Latin cælum, and the Italian cielo, heaven. Cimmerian, P. which sees no sun, obscure, dark. The Cimmerians were a poeple who lived in caves under ground, and never saw the light of the sun; whence comes the phrase Cimmerian darkness, i. e. great obscurity Clang, a sharp, shrill noise Clarion, P. L. i. 532. a small shrill treble trumpet ; a claro quem edit sono To cluster, P. L. iv. 303. vii. 320. to grow in bunches, to gather into bunches, to congregate Collateral, running parallel, diffused on either side, P. L. viii. 426; side by side, a sense agreeable to the etymology of the word, P. L. x. 86 Colures, P. L. ix. 66. two great circles supposed to pass through the poles of the world, intersecting each other at right angles, and encompassing the earth from north to south, and from south to north again Combustion, conflagration, burning in a dreadful manner, P. L. i. 46; tumult, hurry, hubbub, To commerce, P. to hold intercourse with associate Cone, P. L. iv. 776. a figure round at bottom, and lessening all the way ends in a point To conglobe, to gather into a round mass, to consolidate in a ball, to assemble and associate together, P. L. vii. 239; to coalesce in a round mass, P. L. vii. 292 To conjure, P. L. ii. 693, to conspire, to band and league together, to bind many by an oath to some common design; from the Latin conjurare, to bind one another by an oath to be true and faithful in a design undertaken Convex, bending down on all sides round, rising in a circular form. Convex is spoken properly of the exterior surface of a globe, and concave of the interior surface, which is a hollow Cormorant, P. L. iv. 196. a bird that lives upon fish, eminently greedy and rapacious. Cornice, P. L. i. 716. the uppermost member of the entablature of a column; the highest projection of a wall or column Corny, P. L. vii. 321. strong or hard like horn, horny; of the Latin corneus, horny |