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Journey; way; method of proceeding. [Obs.] "Follow him and his fore." Chaucer.

Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula; as, a form of prayer. Those whom form of laws Condemned to die. Dryden.

Done is due form, or with solemnity; according to regular method; not incidental, sudden or irregular; express; as, he gave his formal consent. His obscure funeral . . . No noble rite nor formal ostentation. Shak.

An established order; conventional rule of procedure; usual method; habitual mode. He was installed with all the usual formalities. C. Middleton.

A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or conventional method in which anything is to be done, arranged, or said.

A method of forming a joint at the intersection of window-sash bars, by cutting away only enough wood to show a miter.

Relating to Galen or to his principles and method of treating diseases. Dunglison. Galenic pharmacy, that branch of pharmacy which relates to the preparation of medicines by infusion, decoction, etc., as distinguished from those which are chemically prepared.

A copperplate produced by the method of galvanography; also, a picture printed from such a plate.

A method of producing by means of electrotyping process (without etching) copperplates which can be printed from in the same manner as engraved plates.

A scheme or art employed in the pursuit of an object or purpose; method of procedure; projected line of operations; plan; project. Your murderous game is nearly up. Blackw. Mag. It was obviously Lord Macaulay's game to blacken the greatest literary champion of the cause he had set himself to attack. Saintsbury.…

tion of a new individual, either animal or vegetable, by a process of budding; an asexual method of reproduction; gemmulation; gemmiparity. See Budding.

Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or method.

of anything, or its natural mode of production or development. This historical, genetical method of viewing prior systems of philosophy. Hare.

In a geographical manner or method; according to geography.

vers, valleys, mountains, climates, life, etc.; historical geology. (c) Of the causes and methods by which its structure, features, changes, and conditions have been produced; dynamical geology. See Chart of The Geological Series.

of the sphere. "The gnomonic projection derives its name from the connection between the methods of describing it and those for the construction of a gnomon or dial." Cyc. of Arts & Sciences.

A method of painting with opaque colors, which have been ground in water and mingled with a preparation of gum; also, a picture thus painted.

The act or method of arranging in or by grade, or of bringing, as the surface of land or a road, to the desired level or grade.

The science of grafting, including the various methods of practice and details of operation.

The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc.