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Mushroom :: Mushroom (n.) An edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn..

Hostel :: Hostel (n.) A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge..

Skimble-scamble :: Skimble-scamble (a.) Rambling; disorderly; unconnected.

Levant :: Levant (v. i.) To run away from one's debts; to decamp.

Scamillus :: Scamillus (n.) A sort of second plinth or block, below the bases of Ionic and Corinthian columns, generally without moldings, and of smaller size horizontally than the pedestal..

Ruminantia :: Ruminantia (n. pl.) A division of Artiodactyla having four stomachs. This division includes the camels, deer, antelopes, goats, sheep, neat cattle, and allies..

Battler :: Battler (n.) A student at Oxford who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for, answering nearly to a sizar at Cambridge..

Camphor :: Camphor (v. t.) To impregnate or wash with camphor; to camphorate.

Campaign :: Campaign (n.) A connected series of military operations forming a distinct stage in a war; the time during which an army keeps the field.

Shadrach :: Shadrach (n.) A mass of iron on which the operation of smelting has failed of its intended effect; -- so called from Shadrach, one of the three Hebrews who came forth unharmed from the fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar. (See Dan. iii. 26, 27.).

Borneol :: Borneol (n.) A rare variety of camphor, C10H17.OH, resembling ordinary camphor, from which it can be produced by reduction. It is said to occur in the camphor tree of Borneo and Sumatra (Dryobalanops camphora), but the natural borneol is rarely found in European or American commerce, being in great request by the Chinese. Called also Borneo camphor, Malay camphor, and camphol..

Maghet :: Maghet (n.) A name for daisies and camomiles of several kinds.

Ice :: Ice (n.) Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor ice..

Clear-cut :: Clear-cut (a.) Having a sharp, distinct outline, like that of a cameo..

Elecampane :: Elecampane (n.) A sweetmeat made from the root of the plant.

Chamlet :: Chamlet (n.) See Camlet.

Statoblast :: Stative (a.) Of or pertaining to a fixed camp, or military posts or quarters..

Campestrian :: Campestrian (a.) Relating to an open fields; drowing in a field; growing in a field, or open ground..

Asarone :: Asarone (n.) A crystallized substance, resembling camphor, obtained from the Asarum Europaeum; -- called also camphor of asarum..

Poncho :: Poncho (n.) A trade name for camlets, or stout worsteds..

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