Cutpurse (kutpers), Moll

The nickname of a notorious woman (real name Mary Frith) who was born in London in 1589 according to her life published anonymously in London ☐ 1662, but according to Malone in 1584. She was a riotous "thief, pickpocket, bully, prostitute, procure , fortune-teller, receiver of stolen goods, and forger of writings," and nearly always wore a man's dre . She is said to have been the first woman who used tobacco. She was introduced by Middle ton and Dekker as the chief personage (but in reformed character) in their play "The Roaring Girl." Field also introduces her in his play "Amends for Ladies." Cuttack (kut-tak'), or Cattack, or Katak. 1. A district in the Ori a division, Bengal, British India, bounded on the east and southeast by the Bay of Bengal. Area, 3,633 square miles. Population (1891), 1,937,671.-2. The capital of the above district, situated on the river Mahanadi in lat. 20° 26′ N., long. 85° 55′ E. It was taken from the Mahrattas by the British in 1803. Cutter of Coleman Street, The. A play by Abraham Cowley, performed in 1661 and printed in 1663. This comedy was originally called "The Guardian," and was written for the entertainment of Prince Charles as through Cambridge in 1641. Cuttle (kut'l), Captain Edward. In Dickens's "Dombey ombey and Son," Son," "a kind-hearted, salt-looking" old retired sailor with a hook in place of his right hand. He is a friend of Sol Gills, the ships' instrument-maker. One of his favorite expre ions is "When found, make a note on." Cuvier (kü-vyā'), Frédéric. Born at Montbéliard, Doubs, France, June 27, 1773: died at Strasburg, July 25, 1838. A French naturalist, brother of Georges. He became director of the menagerie of the Jardin des Plantes in 1804, and in 1827 was appointed profe or of comparative anatomy at the Jardin des Plantes. He wrote "Des dents des mammifères, considerées com me caractères zoologiques" (1825), and (in cooperation with Geoffroy St. Hilaire) "His to ire naturelle des mammifères" Cuvier, Baron Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert. Doubs, France, Aug. 23, 1769: died at Paris, May 13, 1832. A celebrated French naturalist, the founder of the science of comparative anatomy. He was educated at the gymnasium at Montbéliard and the Academia Carolina at Stuttgart; was tutor in the family of the Comte d'Hericy 1788-94; became a istant profe or of comparative anatomy at Musée Born at Montbéliard, His to ires compt ember of the Nation ale stitute in 1795, profe or of natural history in the Collège de France in 1800, perpetual secretary of the Academy of Sciences in 1803, and councilor of the Imperial University in 1808; was appointed councilor of state by Napoleon in 1814; was admitted to the French Academy in 1818; was president of the Committee of the Interior1819-32; received the title of baron in 1820; was appointed superintendent of the Faculty of Protestant Theology in 1822; was made grand officer of the Legion of Honor in 1826; and was created a peer of France in 1831. His chief works are "Le règne animal" ("The Animal Kingdom," 1817), "Anatomie comparée" (1800-05), “Recherches sur les o ements fo iles" (1812), "His to ire naturelle des poi ons," conjointly with Valenciennes (1828-49). Cuvier was a persistent opponent of the evolutionary doctrines advanced by Lamarck and Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. Cuxhaven, or Kuxhaven (kuks-hā'vn; G. pron. köks'hä-fen). A seaport in the state of Hamburg, Germany, situated at the mouth of the Elbe 57 miles northwest of Hamburg. It is now united with Ritzebüttel. It is a sea-bathing resort, and contains a castle. Cuyabá (kwe-ya-bä'), or Cuiabá. 1. A river in western Brazil which joins the Paraguay, through the São Lourenço, about lat. 18° S. It is navigable to the town of Cuyabá.-2. The capital of the province of Matto Gro o, Bra was fought near the place, in 1694, between the Span. iards the Tehua who had risen against Diego de Vargas. Cuyo (kö'yō). A region of Spanish South America, situated east of the Andes, and extending from about lat. 23° to 35° 3′ S., and eastward, in parts, to long. 63° W. It was originally settled from Chile, and remained a province of that captain-generalcy until 1776, when it was united to the new viceroyalty of Buenos Ayres. The limits were never defi and the name is now obsolete. Cuyp, or Kuyp (koip), Albert. Born at Dort, Netherlands, 1605: died at Dort, 1691. A Dutch landscape-painter. Cuyp, Jakob Gerrits. Born 1575: died 1651. A Dutch painter, father of Albert Cuyp. Cuza. See Alexander John , Prince of Rumania. Cuzco (köz'kō). [Quichua, 'navel' or 'center,' a name first given to the city.] 1. A department of Peru. Area, 13,500 square miles. Population, 238,445. — 2. The capital of the above department, situated in lat. 13° 31′ S., long. 72° 5' W., about 11,380 feet above sea-level. It contains a cathedral, several convents, etc. It was founded, according to tradition, by Manco Capac in the 11th century; was the capital of the empire of the Incas; and was noted for its Temple of the Sun (see Curican cha) and the so-called fortre of the Incas (see Sac sahuana). It was entered by Pizarro Nov. 15, 1533, and was besieged and partly burned by Manco Inca in 1536. Population (estimated, 1889), 22,000. Cyaxares (si-aks'a-rēz). King of the Medes 625-584 B. C. In the cuneiform inscriptions his name is Uvakshatara. He may be considered as the founder of Media's power and greatne . After repelling the hordes of the Scythian invasion, he captured (608 B. c.), in alliance with Nabopola ar, viceroy of Babylonia, Nineveh, and destroyed the A yrian empire. Toward the west Cyaxares conquered Armenia, and thus extended his dominion as far as the river Halys in Asia Minor. tempted the conquest of Lydia on the other side of the Halys, but had to desist on account of an eclipse which took place during the battle (585). He even at Cybele (sib'e-le), or Rhea (re'). In Greek mythology, the wife of Cronos (Saturn us), and mother of the Olympian gods: hence called the "Great Mother of the Gods." The original home of her worship was Phrygia (Asia Minor). Her priests were called Corybantes, and her festivals were celebrated with wild dances and orgiastic exce es amid the resound. ing music of drums and cymbals. She was conceived as traversing the mountains in a chariot drawn by lions. second Punic war in 264 B. C. it was introduced into Rome, where the Me gales i a, later also the Taurobolia and Criobolia, were celebrated in her honor. The oak, pine, and lion were sacred to her. She is usually represented enthroned between lions, with a diadem on her head and a small drum or cymbal, the instrument used in her rites, in her hand. See also Atys . her worship came to Greece, and during the are (1892), about 20,000. Cuyahoga (ki-a-hog a). A river in northern Ohio which los into Lake Erie at Cleveland. Length, 80-90 miles. Cuyamungge (kwe-ya-mung'ge). [Tehua of northern New Mexico, signifying 'the village of the rolling stone.'] An Indian pueblo of the Tehuas, 15 miles north of Santa Fé, on the banks of the stream of Tezuque. It was abandoned in 1696, and is now a ruin. A severe engagement always so considered. Cymbeline (sim'be-lin). A drama by Shakspere, produced probably about 1609 or 1610: so called from one of the chief characters, a semi mythical king (Cunobeline) in Britain. Part of the play was no doubt derived from Holinshed; the part epart relating to Iachimo is in Boccaccio's "Decameron." It was first published in the folio of 1623. Garrick produced his alteration in 1762. Cymocles. See Pyrocles . Cynthus Cymry, or Kymry (kim'ri). [W. Cymry , pl. of Cymro, a Welsh man; cf. Cymru , ymru , ML. Cambria , Wales. The origin of the name is unknown: some connect it with W. cymmer , a confluence of waters; cf. aber , inver- .] The name given to themselves by the Welsh. In its wider application the term is often applied to that division of the Celtic race which is more nearly akin with the Welsh, including also the Cornishmen and the Bretons or Armor i cans, as distinguished from the Gadhelic division. Also written Cymri, Cwmry. Cynægirus (sin-ē-ji'rus). [Gr. Κυναίγειρος .] Αn A then i an soldier, brother of Æschylus. He dis. tinguished himself at the battle of Marathon 490 в. с., in which, according to Homer, he pursued the Persians to the sea, and, having seized one of their triremes to prevent its putting off, fell with his right hand severed. Later writers add that, having lost both his hands, he seized the ve el with his teeth. Cynewulf (kin'e-wulf). Lived probably in the 8th century A. D. A Northumbrian (?) poet. He was a scop or bard, but there is no evidence that he was a priest. He was the author of "Elene," "Julian a," "Crist," "Riddles," perhaps of "Phœnix," "Guthlac"; and the reputed author of the "Wanderer," etc. Even "Beowolf" has been credited to him. Cynewulf the poet was unknown until the runes were read by which he had worked his name into his poem of "Elene." Those runes were first read in the year 1840 by two independent workers - by Jacob Grimm in his edition of "Andreas" and "Elene," and by John Mitchell Kemble in his e ay upon Anglo-Saxon Runes, published that year in the "Archæologia." Each discoverer of the name endeavored to find who Cynewulf was, and when he lived. Grimm placed him in the 8th century. Kemble placed him in the end of the 10th century and the beginning of the 11th, by suggesting that he was the Cynewulf who was Abbot of Peter borough between the years 992 and 1006, who succeeded Aelfeage as Bishop of Winchester in the year 1006. Morley, English Writers, II. 206. Cynics (sin'iks). [See Cynosarges .] A sect of Greek philosophers founded by by Antisthenes of Athens (born about 444 в. с.), who sought to develop the ethical teachings of So crates, whose pupil he was. The chief doctrines of the Cynics were that virtue is the only good, that the e ence of virtue is self-control, and that pleasure is an evil if sought for its own sake. They were accordingly characterized by an ostentatious contempt of riches, art, science, and amusements. The most famous Cynic was Diogenes of Sinope, a pupil of Antisthenes, who carried the doctrines of the school to an extreme and ridiculous asceticism, and is improbably said to have slept in a tub which he carried about with him. Cynosarges (si-nō-sär'jēz). A gymnasium of very early foundation in ancient Athens, combined with a sanctuary of Hercules, and po e ing a grove. The philosopher Antisthenes taught here, and his school was hence called the Cynic. The Cynosarges lay somewhat high up on the southern slope of the Asomaton the British american and schools of archæology. Cynoscephalæ (sin-os-sef'a-lē). [Gr. Κυνὸς κεφαλαί , dog's heads.] Heights in The aly, Greece, 10-20 miles southeast of Lari a. Here, 364 B. C., the The bans under Pelopidas defeated Alexander of Phere; and in 197 B. C. the Romans under Flam in in us defeated Philip V. of Macedon. tail.] 1. In Greek mythology, Cynosura (si-nō-su'rä). [Gr. Κυνοσουρά , dog's Ida, and nurse of Zeus, metamorphosed into a nymph of the constellation Ursa Minor.-2. The constellation of the Little Bear, containing the star which is now, but was not then, the polestar (which forms the tip of the tail), and thus often the object to which the eyes of mariners were directed. Cynthia (sin'thi-ä). 1. One of the names of Artemis or Diana, the moon-godde , derived from Mount Cynthus in Delos, her birthplace. The name is given in Spenser's "Colin Clout 's Come Home Again" and in Fletcher's "Purple Island" to a sort of personification of Queen Elizabeth. Raleigh also sang her praises as Cynthia in his poem of that name, of which we have only a few books. Ben Jonson, under the same name, flatters her in "Cynthia's Revels." 2. In Congreve's “Double Dealer," a flippant fine lady, the daughter of Lord and Lady Pliant, in love with Mellefont. Cynthiana (sin-thi-a'nä). The county-seat of Harrison County, Kentucky, situated on the South Licking River 48 miles south of Cincinnati. It was the scene of engagements in Morgan's raids in 1862 and 1864. Population (1890), 3,016. Cynthia's Revels, or The Fountain of Self Love. A "comic all satyre" by Ben Jonson, acted by the Children of the Queen's Chapel in 1600. It was printed in quarto in 1601 (Bullen), in folio in 1616, the latter with large additions. Cynthius (sin'thi-us). An epithet of Apollo, the sun-god, as the moon-godde is called a Cynthia. Cynthus (sin'thus). In ancient geography, mountain in Delos, from which are derived Cynthia and Cynthius, the surnames, respectively, of Artemis and Apollo. IMG:content-0398.png:[blocks in formation] - of contention between them. Rome finally adjudged it to Argolis. Rawlinson, Herod., IV. 313, note. Cypari us (sip-a-ris'us). [Gr. Κυπάρισσος .] In Greek mythology, a youth, a son of Telephus. He accidentally killed his favorite stag, and was so over- come with grief that Apollo metamorphosed him into a cypre . N., long. 21° 50′ E. It was founded by Therians, under Battus, about 631 B. C. (see Cyrenaica ), and was a seat of Greek learning and culture. The modern Ghrennah, on its site, contains many antiquities. It was the birth- place of Aristippus, Eratosthenes, and other celebrated Cyril (sir'il), Saint, of Alexandria. [L. Cyril- lus , Gr. Κύριλλος , lordly.] Born at Alexandria: died at Alexandria, June, 444. An ecclesiastic and theologian. He succeeded his uncle Theophilus temperate zeal for the cause of orthodoxy, he despoiled the Nov a tians of their church property, and expelled the Jews from the city. He is said to have instigated his monks to murder the pagan philosopher Hypatia (4157). He began in 428 to oppose the doctrines of Nestor i us, and Nestor i us was condemned as a heretic. His works, chiefly controversial, were edited by Aubert in 1638. He is com memo rated as a saint in the Greek, Roman, and Anglican IMG:content-0399.png:[blocks in formation] Cyril, Saint (or Const an tine). Born at Thes- salonica about 820: died Feb. 14, 869 (?). A scholar and prelate, surnamed "the Apostle of the Slavs." He engaged with his brother Method i us in mi ionary labors among the Moravians, Bulgarians, and other Slavic nations. He introduced the "Cyrillic" alphabet into the Old Slavic language. Cyril Lucar (Cyrillus Lucaris). Born in Crete, 1572: strangled at Constantinople, 1338. A reforming prelate of the Greek Church. He became patriarch of Constantinople in 1621, and sent the "Codex Alex and rin us” to England in 1628. Cyropædia (sīrō-pē-di'ä), The. [Gr. Κύρου παιδεία , the education of Cyrus.] A work of Xenophon, in eight books, describing the edu- cation of Cyrus, the founder of the Persian empire, his great deeds, and his dying advice to his sons and ministers. Education of Cyrus [Cyropædia), a very diffuse pol it- ical novel, in which he sets forth his ideal picture as a biography of the older and greater Cyrus, in opposition to the dreams of Plato and other theoretical politicians of the day. This work, which is the longest and most am- bitious of Xenophon's writings, but consequently the most Cyrrhestica (si-res'ti-kä). In ancient geog- raphy, a region in northern Syria, west of the Euphrates and south of Comma gene. Cyrus (sī'rus). [Gr. Κύρος ; in the Old Testa ment Koresh ; in the cuneiform inscriptions Kurash , Kurshu ; OPers. Kuros .] Died 529 в. с. The founder of the Persian empire, called "The Great." His birth and early youth are sur- rounded by myths and legends (see Mandane ). The in- formation obtained from the inscriptions, among them a cylinder of Cyrus himself discovered in the ruins of Baby Jon and Sepharvaim (Sippara), combined with the accounts of the Greek historians (Hero dot us, Xenophon, and Ctesi- phon), may be summarized as follows: He calls himself on his cylinder son of Cambyses, grandson of Cyrus and great-grandson of Shishpish (The is pes), "Kings of An- shan." Anshan is evidently identical with Anzan, the plain of Susa, and stands for Elam, which was conquered by The is pes, the son of Achæmenes, founder of the dynasty. In 549 Cyrus, after conquering Ecbatana, dethroned Asty- ages, king of Media, and united Media with Persia. He then directed his arms against the Lydian kingdom of Cræsus (who made an offensive and defensive alliance with Nabonidus, king of Babylonia, and Amasis, king of Egypt), defeated him, and captured the capital Sardis. The ensuing years Cyrus used for consolidating his power in the conquered countries. In 538 he marched with a great army into Babylonia. Sepharvaim (Sippara) was captured without fighting; Nabonidus, who defended it, fled; and two days afterward Babylon itself, which was held by Nabonidus's son Belshazzar, fell into the hands of the conqueror, likewise "without battle and fight," as he records. According to Eusebius, Nabonidus after the fall of Babylon fortified himself in Borsippa; the city was be- sieged by Cyrus; and after it had capitulated he treated it and Nabonidus himself with mercy, allowing the latter to make his residence in Carman i a. It is certain that he showed great generosity and consideration to the con- quered capital (Babylon), sparing its inhabitants and their religious feelings: he even represented himself as having been called by Merodach (Marduk), the god of the city, to Cyrus, Les Voyages de. See Voyages. Cytherea (sith-e-re'ä), or Cythera (si-thēʻrä). [Gr. Κυθέρεια , Κυθήρη, from Κύθηρα , Cythera.] In cla ical mythology, surnames of Aphrodite, from the island of Cythera, or from Cythera in Crete. Cythna (sith'nä). A character in Shelley's poem "The Revolt of Islam." Cyzicus (siz'i-kus), or Cyzicum (-kum). [Gr. Κύζικος .] In ancient geography, the peninsula projecting from Mysia, Asia Minor, into the Sea of Marmora; also, the Greek town on its isthmus. Among its ruins are: (a) A Roman amphi- theater of the 2d century A. D. The ruins still rise to a height of 65 feet, built of rubble faced with rusticated masonry in granite. There are 32 arched entrances in the lower story. The longer axis of the ellipse is 325 feet. (b) A temple of Hadrian, dedicated A. D. 167, and greatly admired in antiquity. It was a Corinthian peripteros of 6 by 15 columns, of white marble. The cella was small, without pronaos or opisthodomos; there were 4 interior rows of columns in front, and 2 behind. The temple measured 112 by 301 feet; the cella 70 by 140. The col- umns were 7 feet in base-diameter and 70 high (the high- est of any cla ical temple). The pediments and the cella were richly adorned. (c) An ancient theater, apparently contemporaneous with the amphitheater, in part built up of rough masonry and faced with marble. The diameter Ru ian prince to a ume the title of czar was Ivan IV., "the Terrible," who was crowned czar of Moscow in 1547. The following rulers of Ru ia have borne the title czar or czarina: Ivan IV., 1533-84; Feodor X., 1584-98; Boris, 1598-1605; Basil, 1606- 1613; Michael (Roman off), 1613-45; Alexis, 1645-76; Feo- dor, 1676-82; Ivan V. and Peter I., 1682-89; Peter I., 1689- 1725; Catharine 1., 1725-27; Peter II., 1727-30; Anne, 1730-40; Ivan VI., 1740-41; Elizabeth, 1741-62; Peter III., Catharine II., 1762-96; Paul I., 1796-1801: Alexan- der 1., 1801-25; Nicholas I., 1825-55; Alexander II., 1855- 1881; Alexander III., 1881-94; Nicholas II., 1894-. Czartoryski (chär-to-riskē), Prince Adam Casimir. Born about 1734: died at Sieniawa, Galicia, Austria, March 19, 1822. A Polish politician and general, a candidate for the Polish throne in 1763. Czartoryski, Prince Adam George. Born at Warsaw, Wa Jan. 14, 1770: died at Montfermeil, near Paris, July 16, 1861. A Polish general and politician, son of A. C. Czartoryski. He was in the Ru ian ministry of foreign affairs 1802-05, and was president of the Polish provisional government in 1830, and of the national government in 1831. from the Old Testament (Ezra i.). He permitted them to return to their own country, rebuild Jerusalem, and re- store the temple, and even returned to them the ve els of the temple which were carried away by Nebuchadnez- zar. His death, like his birth, is somewhat shrouded in legend. The most common view is that he fell in battle with the Me age tes on the river Jaxartes. There is much reason to believe that the tomb of Cyrus still exists at Murg-Aub, the ancient Pasargadæ. On a square base, composed of immense blocks of beautiful white marble, rising in steps, stands a structure so closely resembling the description of Arrian, that it seems scarcely Czaslau (chäsʻlou). A town in Bohemia, Aus- Prague. For battle of Czaslau, see Chotusitz . Czechs (chechs or cheks). [Also written Csech , Tsech, Tschech (prop., according to the orig., * Chekh ), from Bohem. (Czech) Chekh (the first letter being ch (also written č ), pron. ch, and the last kh , pron. ch) = Ru . Chekhŭ = Slov. Cheh = Upper Sorbian Chekh , Lower Sorbian Tsekh (whence Hung. Cseh ), a Czech.] The members of the most westerly branch of the great Slavic: family of races, the term including the Bohe-- IMG:content-0400.jpg:[blocks in formation] Czermak (cher'mäk), Jaroslaw. Born at vitch. Born in Servia about 1776: murdered Prague, Bohemia, Aug. 1, 1831: died at Paris, near Semendria, Servia, July, 1817. The Ser- April 23, 1878. A Bohemian historical painter, winter, vian leader in the rising against the Turks brother of J. N. Czermak. His best-known 1804: driven from Servia in 1813. works are paintings of life in Monte negro and Herzegovina. Czermak, Johann Nepomuk. Born at Prague, Bohemia, June 17, 1828: died at Leipsic, Sept. 16, 1873. A noted Bohemian physiologist. He 1852. A Bohemian poet and philologist. He Czernowitz (cher'nō - vits), no-vits), or Czernowice published "Cent i folia" (1840), 20), collection of (cher-no-vit'se). Slavic folk-songs (1822-27), etc. Czenstochowa (chens-to-chō'vä). Tschenstochow, G. Czenstochau.] A town in the government of Piotrkow, Pol Poland, situated on the Warta in lat. 50° 50′ N., long. 19° 5' E. It has a noted monastery. It was succe fully defended against the Swedes in 1655. Population (1890), 27,032. 48° 17′ N., long. 25° 57′ E. trade and manufactures, and contains a university, arch i- episcopal palace, and Greek cathedral. Population (1900), Czerny (cher'nē), George, or Kara George ("Black George"), originally George Petro- IMG:content-0401.png:[graphic][subsumed][subsumed] The Century Cyclopedia of Names abaiba (dä-bi'bä), or Dabaybe (dä-bībā), or Davaive (dä-vi'vā), or Abibe (ä-bē'be). A name given in the early part of the 16th century to a region south of the Isthmus of Panama, somewhere in the vicinity of the Atrato River. It was probably the appel lati on of a chief, or his title, transferred by the Spaniards to the territory over which he ruled. According to reports Dabaiba contained a temple lined with gold, where human sacrifices were made. Balboa vainly searched for this temple in 1512 and 1515, and it was long an object of the Spanish expeditions. Dabbat (dab'bat). [Ar. dabbatu'l - ard , the reptile of the earth.] In Mohammedan belief, "a Dacier, Madame (Anne Tanneguy-Lefèvre). Born at Saumur, France, March, 1654: died at Paris, Aug. 17, 1720. A French cla ical scholar, wife of André Dacier. She translated the liad, (1699), the Ody ey (1708), and other Greek and Latin cla ics. Da Costa (dä kos'tä), Izaak. Born at Amsterdam, Jan. 14, 1798: died at Leyden, Netherlands, April 28, 1860. A Dutch poet and Protestant theologian. His works include "Pro me the us" (1820), "Poëzii" (1821-22), "Feestliederen" (1828), "Hagar" (1840), and various historical and theological treatises. Dacota. See Dakota . Dacre, Lord. See Fiennes . Dacres (da'kerz), Sir Richard James. Born Daggett, Naphtali. Born at Attleborough, Ma ., Sept. 8, 1727: died at New Haven, Conn., Nov. 25, 1780. An American clergyman, president pro tempore of Yale College 1766-67. Daghestan (dä-ges-tän'). [Turk., 'mountain land."] A province of the Caucasus, Ru ia, bordering on the Caspian Sea. The chief town is Derbent. It submitted to Ru ia in 1859, and was the scene of an insurrection 1877-78. Area, 11,332 square miles. Population (1892), 609,380. Dagnan-Bouveret (dän-yon 'böv-rā'), ā'), Pascale Adolphe Jean. Born at Paris, Jan. 7, 1852. A French painter, a pupil of Gérôme. He obtained the second grand prix de Rome in 1876. His pictures first appeared in the Salon in 1877. He has obtained several medals, one of the first cla in 1880. shall cry unto the people of the earth that mankind have not believed in the revelations of God." According to the traditions he will be the third sign of the coming resurrection, and will come forth from the mountain of Sufah. Hughes , Dict. of Islam. Dabih (dä'bē). [Ar. sa'd - al - dabih , the slayer's lucky star: “For tuna mactantis" of Ulugh Beigh.] The third-magnitude star ẞ Capricorni. Originally the Arabs applied the name to the two stars a and β . Dablon (dä-blôn'), Claude. Born at Dieppe, France, 1618: died at Quebec, Sept. 20, 1697. A French Jesuit mi ionary. He arrived in New A British field-marshal. He served in the Crime an war, commanding the royal horse-artillery at the battle of the Alma, and the artillery at the battle of Balaklava. Dacres, Sir Sidney Colpoys. Born at Totnes, Devon, Jan. 9, 1805: died at Brighton, March 8, 1884. A British admiral. He entered the navy in 1817; became a captain in 1840; commanded the Sans Pareil in the operations before Sebastopol, including the bombardment of Oct. 17, 1854; was placed in charge of the port of Balaklava Oct. 27, 1854; and was appointed captain of the fleet in the Mediterranean in 1859, commander-in-chief in the Channel in 1863, first sea lord in 1868, and admiral in 1870. Dactyls (dak'tilz or Dactyli (dak'ti-li), ak'ti-li), or Daktyloi Daktylo (-loi). [Gr. Δάκτυλοι.] In cla ical France in 1655, accompanied Druillettes in 1661, was withкту. Marquette on Lake Superior in 1668, and was appointed superior of the mi ions the Upper Lakes in edited the "Relation" of 1671-72, and compiled an account of Marquette's journey (published in the "Discovery and Exploration of the Mi i ippi Valley," by John Gilmary Shea, 1853). Dacca (dak'ä), or Dhaka (dhäʼkä). 1. A division in eastern Bengal, British India. Area, 15,000 square miles. Population (1891), 9,844, 127.-2. A district in the above division. Area, 2,797 square miles. Population (1891), 2,420,656. -3. The capital of the district of Dacca, situated on the river Buriganga in lat. 23° 44′ Ν., long. 90° 22′ E. It was formerly of great importance, being for many years the chief city of Bengal. It was noted for its muslin manufactures. Population (1891), 82,321. Dachstein (däch's tin). One of the chief peaks of the North Limestone Alps, in the Salzkammergut, Austria-Hungary, about 18 miles south of Ischl. Height, 9,830 feet. It is one of the highest peaks of this group. Dacia (da's hi-a). [L. Dacia , Gr. Δακία ; from Daci , Gr. Δακοί, Δάκοι, Δᾶοι , the inhabitants.] 1. A province of the Roman Empire, lying between the Car path i an Mountains on the north, the Thei on the west, the Danube on the south, and the Dniester on the east. It corresponded to modern Rumania, Transylvania, part of Hungary, and perhaps also Bukowina. The inhabitants were the Getæ or Daci. It was invaded by Alexander the Great in 335 B. c., by Lysimachus about 292 B. C., and its people defeated the generals of Domitian 81-96 A. D. It was conquered by Trajan in 101 and succeeding years, and made a Roman province. It was abandoned by the Romans in the reign of Aurelian, 270-275. Trajan now formed the lands between the Thei and the Danube, the Dniester and the Car path i an Mountains, into the Roman province of Dacia. The last province to be won was the first to be given up; for Aurelian withdrew from it, and transferred its name to the Mæsian land im mediately south of the Danube.