_Brussels_, (carpet:) A kind of carpeting, so called from the city of
Brussels, in Europe. Its basis is composed of a warp and woof of strong
linen threads, with the warp of which are intermixed about five times
the quantity of woolen threads of different colors.
_Bulb_: A root with a round body, like the onion, turnip, or hyacinth.
_Bulbous_: Having a bulb.
_Byron, (George Gordon,) Lord_: A celebrated poet, who was born in
London, January 23d, 1788, and died in Missolonghi, in Greece, April
18th, 1824.
_Calisthenics_: From two Greek words--_kalos_, beauty, and _sthenos_,
strength, being the union of both.
_Camwood_: A dyewood, procured from a leguminous (or pod-bearing)
tree, growing on the western coast of Africa, and called _Baphianitida_.
_Canker-worm_: A worm which is very destructive to trees and plants.
It springs from an egg deposited by a miller that issues from the
ground, and in some years destroys the leaves and fruit of apple and
other trees.
_Capillary_: A minute, hair-like tube.
_Carbon_: A simple, inflammable body, forming the principal part
of wood and coal, and the whole of the diamond.
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