A Treatise on Domestic Economy; For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School

_Calisthenics_, see page 56, note. _Camwood_, a dyewood, procured from a leguminous (or pod-bearing) tree, growing on the Western Coast of Africa, and called _Baphia nitida_. _Cankerworm_, 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. _Carbon_, a simple inflammable body, forming the principal part of wood and coal, and the whole of the diamond. _Carbonic acid_, a compound gas, consisting of carbon and oxygen. It has lately been obtained in a solid form. _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. _Caster_, a small phial or vessel for the table, in which to put vinegar, mustard, pepper, &c. _Chancellor of the Exchequer_, 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 cannot 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_ is 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 the finer and more nutritious parts of the food. It is afterwards converted into blood. _Chyme_, the result of the first process which food undergoes in the stomach, previously to its being converted into chyle. _Cicuta_,