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   camail
         n 1: a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect
               the head and neck [syn: {camail}, {aventail}, {ventail}]

English Dictionary: cohune oil by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
camel
n
  1. cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
camelia
n
  1. any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers
    Synonym(s): camellia, camelia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
camellia
n
  1. any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers
    Synonym(s): camellia, camelia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
canal
n
  1. (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
  2. a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs"
    Synonym(s): duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel
  3. long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation
v
  1. provide (a city) with a canal [syn: canal, canalize, canalise]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
canella
n
  1. highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic
    Synonym(s): canella, canella bark, white cinnamon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cannily
adv
  1. with foresight; "more presciently than they superiors, these workers grasped the economic situation"
    Synonym(s): presciently, cannily
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cannula
n
  1. a small flexible tube inserted into a body cavity for draining off fluid or introducing medication
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
canola
n
  1. vegetable oil made from rapeseed; it is high in monounsaturated fatty acids
    Synonym(s): canola oil, canola
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chain mail
n
  1. (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings
    Synonym(s): chain mail, ring mail, mail, chain armor, chain armour, ring armor, ring armour
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Chamaeleo
n
  1. type genus of the Chamaeleontidae [syn: Chamaeleo, {genus Chamaeleo}, genus Chamaeleon]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chanal
n
  1. thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries
    Synonym(s): chanar, chanal, Geoffroea decorticans
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
channel
n
  1. a path over which electrical signals can pass; "a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company"
    Synonym(s): channel, transmission channel
  2. a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through; "the fields were crossed with irrigation channels"; "gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street"
  3. a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
    Synonym(s): groove, channel
  4. a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels; "the ship went aground in the channel"
  5. (often plural) a means of communication or access; "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms"
    Synonym(s): channel, communication channel, line
  6. a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs"
    Synonym(s): duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel
  7. a television station and its programs; "a satellite TV channel"; "surfing through the channels"; "they offer more than one hundred channels"
    Synonym(s): channel, television channel, TV channel
  8. a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors; "possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores"
    Synonym(s): distribution channel, channel
v
  1. transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"
    Synonym(s): impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel
  2. direct the flow of; "channel information towards a broad audience"
    Synonym(s): channel, canalize, canalise
  3. send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message"
    Synonym(s): transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chenille
n
  1. a soft tufted cord used in embroidery [syn: chenille, chenille cord]
  2. a heavy fabric woven with chenille cord; used in rugs and bedspreads
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Chou En-lai
n
  1. Chinese revolutionary and communist leader (1898-1976)
    Synonym(s): Zhou En-lai, Chou En-lai
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chunnel
n
  1. the railroad tunnel between France and England under the English Channel
    Synonym(s): chunnel, Channel Tunnel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cohune oil
n
  1. semisolid fat from nuts of the cohune palm; used in cooking and soap making
    Synonym(s): cohune-nut oil, cohune oil, cohune fat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
comal
adj
  1. of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair; "comate (or comose) seeds"; "a comal tuft"
    Synonym(s): comate, comose, comal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
comely
adj
  1. according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior"
    Synonym(s): becoming, comely, comme il faut, decent, decorous, seemly
  2. very pleasing to the eye; "my bonny lass"; "there's a bonny bay beyond"; "a comely face"; "young fair maidens"
    Synonym(s): bonny, bonnie, comely, fair, sightly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Connolly
n
  1. United States tennis player who was the first woman to win the United States, British, French, and Australian championships in the same year (1953) (1934-1969)
    Synonym(s): Connolly, Maureen Catherine Connolly, Little Mo Connolly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cuneal
adj
  1. shaped like a wedge [syn: wedge-shaped, cuneal, cuneiform]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cymule
n
  1. a small cyme, generally with few flowers
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      3. A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede.
  
      4. A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form;
            a disk; an orb. --Milton.
  
      5. A turn revolution; rotation; compass.
  
                     According to the common vicissitude and wheel of
                     things, the proud and the insolent, after long
                     trampling upon others, come at length to be trampled
                     upon themselves.                                 --South.
  
                     [He] throws his steep flight in many an a[89]ry
                     wheel.                                                --Milton.
  
      {A wheel within a wheel}, [or] {Wheels within wheels}, a
            complication of circumstances, motives, etc.
  
      {Balance wheel}. See in the Vocab.
  
      {Bevel wheel}, {Brake wheel}, {Cam wheel}, {Fifth wheel},
      {Overshot wheel}, {Spinning wheel}, etc. See under {Bevel},
            {Brake}, etc.
  
      {Core wheel}. (Mach.)
            (a) A mortise gear.
            (b) A wheel having a rim perforated to receive wooden
                  cogs; the skeleton of a mortise gear.
  
      {Measuring wheel}, an odometer, or perambulator.
  
      {Wheel and axle} (Mech.), one of the elementary machines or
            mechanical powers, consisting of a wheel fixed to an axle,
            and used for raising great weights, by applying the power
            to the circumference of the wheel, and attaching the
            weight, by a rope or chain, to that of the axle. Called
            also {axis in peritrochio}, and {perpetual lever}, -- the
            principle of equilibrium involved being the same as in the
            lever, while its action is continuous. See {Mechanical
            powers}, under {Mechanical}.
  
      {Wheel animal}, or {Wheel animalcule} (Zo[94]l.), any one of
            numerous species of rotifers having a ciliated disk at the
            anterior end.
  
      {Wheel barometer}. (Physics) See under {Barometer}.
  
      {Wheel boat}, a boat with wheels, to be used either on water
            or upon inclined planes or railways.
  
      {Wheel bug} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American hemipterous
            insect ({Prionidus cristatus}) which sucks the blood of
            other insects. So named from the curious shape of the
            prothorax.
  
      {Wheel carriage}, a carriage moving on wheels.
  
      {Wheel chains}, or {Wheel ropes} (Naut.), the chains or ropes
            connecting the wheel and rudder.
  
      {Wheel cutter}, a machine for shaping the cogs of gear
            wheels; a gear cutter.
  
      {Wheel horse}, one of the horses nearest to the wheels, as
            opposed to a leader, or forward horse; -- called also
            {wheeler}.
  
      {Wheel lathe}, a lathe for turning railway-car wheels.
  
      {Wheel lock}.
            (a) A letter lock. See under {Letter}.
            (b) A kind of gunlock in which sparks were struck from a
                  flint, or piece of iron pyrites, by a revolving wheel.
            (c) A kind of brake a carriage.
  
      {Wheel ore} (Min.), a variety of bournonite so named from the
            shape of its twin crystals. See {Bournonite}.
  
      {Wheel pit} (Steam Engine), a pit in the ground, in which the
            lower part of the fly wheel runs.
  
      {Wheel plow}, or {Wheel plough}, a plow having one or two
            wheels attached, to render it more steady, and to regulate
            the depth of the furrow.
  
      {Wheel press}, a press by which railway-car wheels are forced
            on, or off, their axles.
  
      {Wheel race}, the place in which a water wheel is set.
  
      {Wheel rope} (Naut.), a tiller rope. See under {Tiller}.
  
      {Wheel stitch} (Needlework), a stitch resembling a spider's
            web, worked into the material, and not over an open space.
            --Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework).
  
      {Wheel tree} (Bot.), a tree ({Aspidosperma excelsum}) of
            Guiana, which has a trunk so curiously fluted that a
            transverse section resembles the hub and spokes of a
            coarsely made wheel. See {Paddlewood}.
  
      {Wheel urchin} (Zo[94]l.), any sea urchin of the genus
            {Rotula} having a round, flat shell.
  
      {Wheel window} (Arch.), a circular window having radiating
            mullions arranged like the spokes of a wheel. Cf. {Rose
            window}, under {Rose}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      Note: Cams are much used in machinery involving complicated,
               and irregular movements, as in the sewing machine, pin
               machine, etc.
  
      2. A ridge or mound of earth. [Prow. Eng.] --Wright.
  
      {Cam wheel} (Mach.), a wheel with one or more projections
            (cams) or depressions upon its periphery or upon its face;
            one which is set or shaped eccentrically, so that its
            revolutions impart a varied, reciprocating, or
            intermittent motion.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Camail \Ca*mail"\, n. [F. camail (cf. It. camaglio), fr. L.
      caput head + source of E. mail.]
      1. (Ancient Armor) A neck guard of chain mall, hanging from
            the bascinet or other headpiece.
  
      2. A hood of other material than mail; esp. (Eccl.), a hood
            worn in church services, -- the amice, or the like.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Camel \Cam"el\, n. [Oe. camel, chamel, OF. camel, chamel, F.
      chameau L. camelus, fr. Gr. [?]; of Semitic origin; cf. Heb.
      g[be]m[be]l, Ar. jamal. Cf. As. camel, fr. L. camelus.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A large ruminant used in Asia and Africa for
            carrying burdens and for riding. The camel is remarkable
            for its ability to go a long time without drinking. Its
            hoofs are small, and situated at the extremities of the
            toes, and the weight of the animal rests on the callous.
            The dromedary ({Camelus dromedarius}) has one bunch on the
            back, while the Bactrian camel ({C. Bactrianus}) has two.
            The llama, alpaca, and vicu[a4]a, of South America, belong
            to a related genus ({Auchenia}).
  
      2. (Naut.) A water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes)
            used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or
            in navigating shallow water. By admitting water, the camel
            or camels may be sunk and attached beneath or at the sides
            of a vessel, and when the water is pumped out the vessel
            is lifted.
  
      {Camel bird} (Zo[94]l.), the ostrich.
  
      {Camel locust} (Zo[94]l.), the mantis.
  
      {Camel's thorn} (Bot.), a low, leguminous shrub ({Alhagi
            maurorum}) of the Arabian desert, from which exudes a
            sweetish gum, which is one of the substances called manna.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Camellia \Ca*mel"li*a\, n. [NL., after Georg Josef Kamel, or
      Camelli, a Jesuit who is said to have brought it from the
      East.] (Hort.)
      An ornamental greenhouse shrub ({Thea japonica}) with glossy
      evergreen leaves and roselike red or white double flowers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Camellia \Ca*mel"li*a\, n. [NL.; -- named after Kamel, a Jesuit
      who is said to have brought it from the East.] (Bot.)
      An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining leaves
      and showy flowers. {Camellia Japonica} is much cultivated for
      ornament, and {C. Sassanqua} and {C. oleifera} are grown in
      China for the oil which is pressed from their seeds. The tea
      plant is now referred to this genus under the name of
      {Camellia Thea}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Canaille \Ca*naille"\, n. [F. canaille (cf. It. canaglia), prop.
      and orig. a pack of dogs, fr. L. Canis dog.]
      1. The lowest class of people; the rabble; the vulgar.
  
      2. Shorts or inferior flour. [Canadian]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Canal \Ca*nal"\, n.
      A long and relatively narrow arm of the sea, approximately
      uniform in width; -- used chiefly in proper names; as,
      Portland Canal; Lynn Canal. [Alaska]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Canal \Ca*nal"\, n. [F. canal, from L. canalis canal, channel;
      prob. from a root signifying [bd]to cut[b8]; cf. D. kanaal,
      fr. the French. Cf. {Channel}, {Kennel} gutter.]
      1. An artificial channel filled with water and designed for
            navigation, or for irrigating land, etc.
  
      2. (Anat.) A tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the
            semicircular canals of the ear.
  
      {Canal boat}, a boat for use on a canal; esp. one of peculiar
            shape, carrying freight, and drawn by horses walking on
            the towpath beside the canal.
  
      {Canal lock}. See {Lock}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cannily \Can"ni*ly\, adv.
      In a canny manner. [N. of Eng. & Scot.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cannula \Can"nu*la\, n. [L. cannula a small tube of dim. of
      canna a reed, tube.] (Surg.)
      A small tube of metal, wood, or India rubber, used for
      various purposes, esp. for injecting or withdrawing fluids.
      It is usually associated with a trocar. [Written also
      {canula}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cannula \Can"nu*la\, n. [L. cannula a small tube of dim. of
      canna a reed, tube.] (Surg.)
      A small tube of metal, wood, or India rubber, used for
      various purposes, esp. for injecting or withdrawing fluids.
      It is usually associated with a trocar. [Written also
      {canula}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Canula \Can"u*la\, n., Canular \Can"u*lar\, a., Canulated
   \Can"u*la`ted\, a.
      See {Cannula}, {Cannular}, and {Cannulated}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cannula \Can"nu*la\, n. [L. cannula a small tube of dim. of
      canna a reed, tube.] (Surg.)
      A small tube of metal, wood, or India rubber, used for
      various purposes, esp. for injecting or withdrawing fluids.
      It is usually associated with a trocar. [Written also
      {canula}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Canula \Can"u*la\, n., Canular \Can"u*lar\, a., Canulated
   \Can"u*la`ted\, a.
      See {Cannula}, {Cannular}, and {Cannulated}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mail \Mail\, n. [OE. maile, maille, F. maille a ring of mail,
      mesh, network, a coat of mail, fr. L. macula spot, a mesh of
      a net. Cf. {Macle}, {Macula}, {Mascle}.]
      1. A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was
            used especially for defensive armor. --Chaucer.
  
      {Chain mail}, {Coat of mail}. See under {Chain}, and {Coat}.
  
      2. Hence generally, armor, or any defensive covering.
  
      3. (Naut.) A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing
            off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) Any hard protective covering of an animal, as
            the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster,
            etc.
  
                     We . . . strip the lobster of his scarlet mail.
                                                                              --Gay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chain \Chain\, n. [F. cha[8c]ne, fr. L. catena. Cf. {Catenate}.]
      1. A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected,
            or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as
            of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and
            transmission of mechanical power, etc.
  
                     [They] put a chain of gold about his neck. --Dan. v.
                                                                              29.
  
      2. That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a
            bond; as, the chains of habit.
  
                     Driven down To chains of darkness and the undying
                     worm.                                                --Milton.
  
      3. A series of things linked together; or a series of things
            connected and following each other in succession; as, a
            chain of mountains; a chain of events or ideas.
  
      4. (Surv.) An instrument which consists of links and is used
            in measuring land.
  
      Note: One commonly in use is Gunter's chain, which consists
               of one hundred links, each link being seven inches and
               ninety-two one hundredths in length; making up the
               total length of rods, or sixty-six, feet; hence, a
               measure of that length; hence, also, a unit for land
               measure equal to four rods square, or one tenth of an
               acre.
  
      5. pl. (Naut.) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to
            bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the
            channels.
  
      6. (Weaving) The warp threads of a web. --Knight.
  
      {Chain belt} (Mach.), a belt made of a chain; -- used for
            transmitting power.
  
      {Chain boat}, a boat fitted up for recovering lost cables,
            anchors, etc.
  
      {Chain bolt}
            (a) (Naut.) The bolt at the lower end of the chain plate,
                  which fastens it to the vessel's side.
            (b) A bolt with a chain attached for drawing it out of
                  position.
  
      {Chain bond}. See {Chain timber}.
  
      {Chain bridge}, a bridge supported by chain cables; a
            suspension bridge.
  
      {Chain cable}, a cable made of iron links.
  
      {Chain coral} (Zo[94]l.), a fossil coral of the genus
            {Halysites}, common in the middle and upper Silurian
            rocks. The tubular corallites are united side by side in
            groups, looking in an end view like links of a chain. When
            perfect, the calicles show twelve septa.
  
      {Chain coupling}.
            (a) A shackle for uniting lengths of chain, or connecting
                  a chain with an object.
            (b) (Railroad) Supplementary coupling together of cars
                  with a chain.
  
      {Chain gang}, a gang of convicts chained together.
  
      {Chain hook} (Naut.), a hook, used for dragging cables about
            the deck.
  
      {Chain mail}, flexible, defensive armor of hammered metal
            links wrought into the form of a garment.
  
      {Chain molding} (Arch.), a form of molding in imitation of a
            chain, used in the Normal style.
  
      {Chain pier}, a pier suspended by chain.
  
      {Chain pipe} (Naut.), an opening in the deck, lined with
            iron, through which the cable is passed into the lockers
            or tiers.
  
      {Chain plate} (Shipbuilding), one of the iron plates or
            bands, on a vessel's side, to which the standing rigging
            is fastened.
  
      {Chain pulley}, a pulley with depressions in the periphery of
            its wheel, or projections from it, made to fit the links
            of a chain.
  
      {Chain pumps}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Chain rule} (Arith.), a theorem for solving numerical
            problems by composition of ratios, or compound proportion,
            by which, when several ratios of equality are given, the
            consequent of each being the same as the antecedent of the
            next, the relation between the first antecedent and the
            last consequent is discovered.
  
      {Chain shot} (Mil.), two cannon balls united by a shot chain,
            formerly used in naval warfare on account of their
            destructive effect on a ship's rigging.
  
      {Chain stitch}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Chain timber}. (Arch.) See {Bond timber}, under {Bond}.
  
      {Chain wales}. (Naut.) Same as {Channels}.
  
      {Chain wheel}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Closed chain}, {Open chain} (Chem.), terms applied to the
            chemical structure of compounds whose rational formul[91]
            are written respectively in the form of a closed ring (see
            {Benzene nucleus}, under {Benzene}), or in an open
            extended form.
  
      {Endless chain}, a chain whose ends have been united by a
            link.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chain wheel \Chain" wheel`\
      1. A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel.
  
      2. An inversion of the chain pump, by which it becomes a
            motor driven by water.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chain \Chain\, n. [F. cha[8c]ne, fr. L. catena. Cf. {Catenate}.]
      1. A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected,
            or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as
            of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and
            transmission of mechanical power, etc.
  
                     [They] put a chain of gold about his neck. --Dan. v.
                                                                              29.
  
      2. That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a
            bond; as, the chains of habit.
  
                     Driven down To chains of darkness and the undying
                     worm.                                                --Milton.
  
      3. A series of things linked together; or a series of things
            connected and following each other in succession; as, a
            chain of mountains; a chain of events or ideas.
  
      4. (Surv.) An instrument which consists of links and is used
            in measuring land.
  
      Note: One commonly in use is Gunter's chain, which consists
               of one hundred links, each link being seven inches and
               ninety-two one hundredths in length; making up the
               total length of rods, or sixty-six, feet; hence, a
               measure of that length; hence, also, a unit for land
               measure equal to four rods square, or one tenth of an
               acre.
  
      5. pl. (Naut.) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to
            bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the
            channels.
  
      6. (Weaving) The warp threads of a web. --Knight.
  
      {Chain belt} (Mach.), a belt made of a chain; -- used for
            transmitting power.
  
      {Chain boat}, a boat fitted up for recovering lost cables,
            anchors, etc.
  
      {Chain bolt}
            (a) (Naut.) The bolt at the lower end of the chain plate,
                  which fastens it to the vessel's side.
            (b) A bolt with a chain attached for drawing it out of
                  position.
  
      {Chain bond}. See {Chain timber}.
  
      {Chain bridge}, a bridge supported by chain cables; a
            suspension bridge.
  
      {Chain cable}, a cable made of iron links.
  
      {Chain coral} (Zo[94]l.), a fossil coral of the genus
            {Halysites}, common in the middle and upper Silurian
            rocks. The tubular corallites are united side by side in
            groups, looking in an end view like links of a chain. When
            perfect, the calicles show twelve septa.
  
      {Chain coupling}.
            (a) A shackle for uniting lengths of chain, or connecting
                  a chain with an object.
            (b) (Railroad) Supplementary coupling together of cars
                  with a chain.
  
      {Chain gang}, a gang of convicts chained together.
  
      {Chain hook} (Naut.), a hook, used for dragging cables about
            the deck.
  
      {Chain mail}, flexible, defensive armor of hammered metal
            links wrought into the form of a garment.
  
      {Chain molding} (Arch.), a form of molding in imitation of a
            chain, used in the Normal style.
  
      {Chain pier}, a pier suspended by chain.
  
      {Chain pipe} (Naut.), an opening in the deck, lined with
            iron, through which the cable is passed into the lockers
            or tiers.
  
      {Chain plate} (Shipbuilding), one of the iron plates or
            bands, on a vessel's side, to which the standing rigging
            is fastened.
  
      {Chain pulley}, a pulley with depressions in the periphery of
            its wheel, or projections from it, made to fit the links
            of a chain.
  
      {Chain pumps}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Chain rule} (Arith.), a theorem for solving numerical
            problems by composition of ratios, or compound proportion,
            by which, when several ratios of equality are given, the
            consequent of each being the same as the antecedent of the
            next, the relation between the first antecedent and the
            last consequent is discovered.
  
      {Chain shot} (Mil.), two cannon balls united by a shot chain,
            formerly used in naval warfare on account of their
            destructive effect on a ship's rigging.
  
      {Chain stitch}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Chain timber}. (Arch.) See {Bond timber}, under {Bond}.
  
      {Chain wales}. (Naut.) Same as {Channels}.
  
      {Chain wheel}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Closed chain}, {Open chain} (Chem.), terms applied to the
            chemical structure of compounds whose rational formul[91]
            are written respectively in the form of a closed ring (see
            {Benzene nucleus}, under {Benzene}), or in an open
            extended form.
  
      {Endless chain}, a chain whose ends have been united by a
            link.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Channel \Chan"nel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Channeled}, or
      {Channelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Channeling}, or
      {Channelling}.]
      1. To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels
            in; to groove.
  
                     No more shall trenching war channel her fields.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. To course through or over, as in a channel. --Cowper.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Channel \Chan"nel\, n. [OE. chanel, canel, OF. chanel, F.
      chenel, fr. L. canalis. See {Canal}.]
      1. The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.
  
      2. The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where
            the main current flows, or which affords the best and
            safest passage for vessels.
  
      3. (Geog.) A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of
            lands; as, the British Channel.
  
      4. That through which anything passes; means of passing,
            conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to
            us by different channels.
  
                     The veins are converging channels.      --Dalton.
  
                     At best, he is but a channel to convey to the
                     National assembly such matter as may import that
                     body to know.                                    --Burke.
  
      5. A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
  
      6. pl. [Cf. {Chain wales}.] (Naut.) Flat ledges of heavy
            plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to
            increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of
            the bulwarks.
  
      {Channel bar}, {Channel iron} (Arch.), an iron bar or beam
            having a section resembling a flat gutter or channel.
  
      {Channel bill} (Zo[94]l.), a very large Australian cuckoo
            ({Scythrops Nov[91]hollandi[91]}.
  
      {Channel goose}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gannet}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chenille \Che*nille"\ (sh[esl]*n[emac]l"), n. [F., prop., a
      caterpillar.]
      Tufted cord, of silk or worsted, for the trimming of ladies'
      dresses, for embroidery and fringes, and for the weft of
      Chenille rugs.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Styryl \Sty"ryl\, n. [Styrax + -yl.] (Chem.)
      A hypothetical radical found in certain derivatives of
      styrolene and cinnamic acid; -- called also {cinnyl}, or
      {cinnamyl}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Comely \Come"ly\, adv.
      In a becoming manner. --Ascham.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Comely \Come"ly\ (k[ucr]m"l[ycr]), a. [Compar. {Comelier};
      superl. {Comeliest}.] [OE. comeliche, AS. cyml[c6]c; cyme
      suitable (fr. cuman to come, become) + l[c6]c like.]
      1. Pleasing or agreeable to the sight; well-proportioned;
            good-looking; handsome.
  
                     He that is comely when old and decrepit, surely was
                     very beautiful when he was young.      --South.
  
                     Not once perceive their foul disfigurement But boast
                     themselves more comely than before.   --Milton.
  
      2. Suitable or becoming; proper; agreeable.
  
                     This is a happier and more comely time Than when
                     these fellows ran about the streets, Crying
                     confusion.                                          --Shak.
  
                     It is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is
                     pleasant; and praise is comely.         --Ps. cxlvii.
                                                                              1.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cumene \Cu"mene\ (k?"m?n), n. [From {Cumin}.] (Chem.)
      A colorless oily hydrocarbon, {C6H5.C3H7}, obtained by the
      distillation of cuminic acid; -- called also {cumol}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Cumulus \[d8]Cu"mu*lus\ (k?"m?-l?s), n.; pl. {Cumuli} (-l[?]).
      [L., a heap. See {Cumber}.] (Meteor.)
      One of the four principal forms of clouds. See{Cloud}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cuneal \Cu"ne*al\ (k?"n?-a]/>l), [L. cuneus a wege. See {Coin}.]
      Relating to a wedge; wedge-shaped.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cymule \Cy"mule\ (s?"m?l), n. [Cf. L. cymula a tender sprout,
      dim. of cyna. See {Cyme}.] (Bot.)
      A small cyme, or one of very few flowers.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Camilla, GA (city, FIPS 12624)
      Location: 31.22974 N, 84.21006 W
      Population (1990): 5008 (1830 housing units)
      Area: 12.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 31730

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Cammal, PA
      Zip code(s): 17723

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Canalou, MO (city, FIPS 11026)
      Location: 36.75434 N, 89.68749 W
      Population (1990): 319 (141 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Canehill, AR
      Zip code(s): 72717

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Chinle, AZ (CDP, FIPS 12770)
      Location: 36.15191 N, 109.58003 W
      Population (1990): 5059 (1521 housing units)
      Area: 43.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 86503

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Conley, GA (CDP, FIPS 19280)
      Location: 33.63795 N, 84.33661 W
      Population (1990): 5528 (1900 housing units)
      Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 30027

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Connell, WA (city, FIPS 14485)
      Location: 46.65997 N, 118.86103 W
      Population (1990): 2005 (675 housing units)
      Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 99326

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   channel n.   [IRC] The basic unit of discussion on {IRC}.   Once
   one joins a channel, everything one types is read by others on that
   channel.   Channels are named with strings that begin with a `#' sign
   and can have topic descriptions (which are generally irrelevant to
   the actual subject of discussion).   Some notable channels are
   `#initgame', `#hottub', `callahans', and `#report'.   At times of
   international crisis, `#report' has hundreds of members, some of
   whom take turns listening to various news services and typing in
   summaries of the news, or in some cases, giving first-hand accounts
   of the action (e.g., Scud missile attacks in Tel Aviv during the
   Gulf War in 1991).
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   CAMAL
  
      CAMbridge ALgebra system.
  
      A {symbolic mathematics} system used in Celestial Mechanics
      and General Relativity.   CAMAL was implemented in {BCPL} on
      {Titan}.
  
      ["CAMAL User's Manual", John P. Fitch, Cambridge U, England
      (1975)].
  
      ["The Design of the Cambridge Algebra System", S.R. Bourne et
      al, Proc 2nd Symp of Symb & Alg Manip, SIGSAM 1971].
  
      (1995-02-16)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   CAMIL
  
      Computer Assisted/Managed Instructional Language.
  
      A language used for {CAI} at Lowry AFB, CO.
  
      ["The CAMIL Programming Language", David Pflasterer, SIGPLAN
      Notices 13(11):43 (Nov 1978)].
  
      (1994-11-09)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   CAML
  
     
  
      1. A language for preparation of animated movies.   1976.
  
      (1994-11-09)
  
      2. {Categorical Abstract Machine Language}.
  
      (2000-07-06)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ccmail
  
      It's written {cc:mail}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   cc:mail
  
      Commercial {electronic mail} software by
      {Lotus Corporation} for {Microsoft Windows}.
  
      (1995-03-14)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ccmail
  
      It's written {cc:mail}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   cc:mail
  
      Commercial {electronic mail} software by
      {Lotus Corporation} for {Microsoft Windows}.
  
      (1995-03-14)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   channel
  
      (Or "chat room", "room", depending on the system in
      question) The basic unit of group discussion in {chat} systems
      like {IRC}.   Once one joins a channel, everything one types is
      read by others on that channel.   Channels can either be named
      with numbers or with strings that begin with a "#" sign and
      can have topic descriptions (which are generally irrelevant to
      the actual subject of discussion).
  
      Some notable channels are "#initgame", "#hottub" and
      "#report".   At times of international crisis, "#report" has
      hundreds of members, some of whom take turns listening to
      various news services and typing in summaries of the news, or
      in some cases, giving first-hand accounts of the action
      (e.g. Scud missile attacks in Tel Aviv during the Gulf War in
      1991).
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1998-01-25)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   CML
  
      1. A {query language}.
  
      ["Towards a Knowledge Description Language", A. Borgida et al,
      in On Knowledge Base Management Systems, J. Mylopoulos et al
      eds, Springer 1986].
  
      2. {Concurrent ML}.
  
      (1994-12-21)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   COMAL
  
      {COMmon Algorithmic Language}
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Camel
      from the Hebrew _gamal_, "to repay" or "requite," as the camel
      does the care of its master. There are two distinct species of
      camels, having, however, the common characteristics of being
      "ruminants without horns, without muzzle, with nostrils forming
      oblique slits, the upper lip divided and separately movable and
      extensile, the soles of the feet horny, with two toes covered by
      claws, the limbs long, the abdomen drawn up, while the neck,
      long and slender, is bent up and down, the reverse of that of a
      horse, which is arched."
     
         (1.) The Bactrian camel is distinguished by two humps. It is a
      native of the high table-lands of Central Asia.
     
         (2.) The Arabian camel or dromedary, from the Greek _dromos_,
      "a runner" (Isa. 60:6; Jer. 2:23), has but one hump, and is a
      native of Western Asia or Africa.
     
         The camel was early used both for riding and as a beast of
      burden (Gen. 24:64; 37:25), and in war (1 Sam. 30:17; Isa.
      21:7). Mention is made of the camel among the cattle given by
      Pharaoh to Abraham (Gen. 12:16). Its flesh was not to be eaten,
      as it was ranked among unclean animals (Lev. 11:4; Deut. 14:7).
      Abraham's servant rode on a camel when he went to fetch a wife
      for Isaac (Gen. 24:10, 11). Jacob had camels as a portion of his
      wealth (30:43), as Abraham also had (24:35). He sent a present
      of thirty milch camels to his brother Esau (32:15). It appears
      to have been little in use among the Jews after the conquest. It
      is, however, mentioned in the history of David (1 Chr. 27:30),
      and after the Exile (Ezra 2:67; Neh. 7:69). Camels were much in
      use among other nations in the East. The queen of Sheba came
      with a caravan of camels when she came to see the wisdom of
      Solomon (1 Kings 10:2; 2 Chr. 9:1). Benhadad of Damascus also
      sent a present to Elisha, "forty camels' burden" (2 Kings 8:9).
     
         To show the difficulty in the way of a rich man's entering
      into the kingdom, our Lord uses the proverbial expression that
      it was easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle
      (Matt. 19:24).
     
         To strain at (rather, out) a gnat and swallow a camel was also
      a proverbial expression (Matt. 23:24), used with reference to
      those who were careful to avoid small faults, and yet did not
      hesitate to commit the greatest sins. The Jews carefully
      filtered their wine before drinking it, for fear of swallowing
      along with it some insect forbidden in the law as unclean, and
      yet they omitted openly the "weightier matters" of the law.
     
         The raiment worn by John the Baptist was made of camel's hair
      (Matt. 3:4; Mark 1:6), by which he was distinguished from those
      who resided in royal palaces and wore soft raiment. This was
      also the case with Elijah (2 Kings 1:8), who is called "a hairy
      man," from his wearing such raiment. "This is one of the most
      admirable materials for clothing; it keeps out the heat, cold,
      and rain." The "sackcloth" so often alluded to (2 Kings 1:8;
      Isa. 15:3; Zech. 13:4, etc.) was probably made of camel's hair.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Channel
      (1.) The bed of the sea or of a river (Ps. 18:15; Isa. 8:7).
     
         (2.) The "chanelbone" (Job 31:22 marg.), properly "tube" or
      "shaft," an old term for the collar-bone.
     
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