American Woman's Home, page 419 by Catherine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe
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ple, inflammable body, forming the principal part of wood and coal, and the whole of the diamond.
_Carbonic acid:_ A compound gas, consisting of one part of carbon and two parts of oxygen; fatal to animal life. It has lately been obtained in a solid form.
_Carbonic Oxide:_ A compound, consisting of one part of carbon and one part of oxygen; it is fatal to animal life. Burns with a pale, blue flame, forming carbonic acid.
_Carmine:_ A crimson color, the most beautiful of all the reds. It is prepared from a decoction of the powdered cochineal insect, to which alum and other substances are added.
_Caseine:_ One of the great forms of blood-making matter; the cheesy or curd-part of milk; found in both animal and vegetable kingdoms.
_Caster:_ A small vial or vessel for the table, in which to put vinegar, mustard, pepper, etc. Also, a small wheel on a swivel-joint, on which furniture may be turned in any direction.
_Chancellor of the Exchequer: In England, the highest judge of the law; the principal financial minister of a government, and the one who manages its revenue.
_Chateau:_ A castle, a mansion.
_Chemistry:_ The science which treats of the elementary constituents of bodies.
_Chinese belle,_ deformities of: In China, it is the fashion to compress the feet of female infants, to prevent their growth; in consequence of which, the feet of all the females of China are distorted, and so small that the individuals can not walk with ease.
_Chloride:_ A compound of chlorine and some other substance.
Chlorine is a simple substance, formerly called oxymuriatic acid. In its pure state, it is a gas of green color, (hence its name, from a Greek word signifying green.) Like oxygen, it supports the combustion of some inflammable substances. Chloride of lime in a compound of chlorine and lime.
_Cholera infantum:_ A bowel-complaint to which infants are subject.
_Chyle:_ A white juice formed from the chyme, and consisting of