Cosmetics: Preparations which, some people foolishly think will preserve and beautify the skin.
Cream of tartar: See Tartar.
Curculio: A weevil or worm, which affects the fruit of the plum-tree and sometimes that of the apple-tree, causing the unripe fruit to fall to the ground.
Cuvier, Baron: The moat eminent naturalist of the present age; was born A. D. 1769, and died A.D. 1832. He was Professor of Natural History in the College of France, and held various important posts under the French government at different times. His works on Natural History are of the greatest value.
Cynosure: The constellation of the Lesser Bear, containing the star near the North Pole, by which sailors steer. It is used, in a figurative sense, as synonymous with pole-star or guide, or anything to which the eyes of many are directed.
De Tocqueville: See Tocqueville.
Diamond cement: A cement sold in the shops, and used for mending broken glass and similar articles.
Drab: A thick woolen cloth, of a light brown or dun color. The name is sometimes used for the color itself.
Dredging-box: A box with holes in the top, used to sift or scatter flour on meat when roasting.
Drill: (In husbandry,) to sow grain in rows, drills, or channels; the row of grain so sowed.