THE CENTURY DICTIONARY

THE

CENTURY DICTIONARY

AN ENCYCLOPEDIC LEXICON
OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

PREPARED UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF
WILLIAM DWIGHT WHITNEY, PH.D., LL.D.
PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY AND SANSKRIT

IN YALE UNIVERSITY

IN SIX VOLUMES
VOLUME II

PUBLISHED BY
The Century Co.

NEW YORK