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position of ratios, or compound proportion, by which, when several ratios of equality are given, the consequent of each being the same as the antecedent of the next, the relation between the first antecedent and the last consequent is discovered. -- Chain shot (Mil.), two cannon balls united by a shot chain, formerly…

Given to change; inconstant. [Obs.] Some are so studiously changeling. Boyle.

A written statement as to behavior, competency, etc., given to a servant. [Colloq.]

To squat on its belly and be still; -- a command given by a sportsman to a dog.

A miraculously given power, as of healing, speaking foreign languages without instruction, etc., attributed to some of the early Christians.

elow-breasted chat (I. viridis), and the long chat (I. longicauda). In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family Saxicolidæ, as the stonechat, and whinchat. Bush chat. (Zoöl.) See under Bush.

Given to light, familiar talk; talkative. Lady M. W. Montagu.

thing or person may be identified; as, checks placed against items in an account; a check given for baggage; a return check on a railroad.

A person versed in chemistry or given to chemical investigation; an analyst; a maker or seller of chemicals or drugs.

hich was written the word chirographum, through which the parchment was cut, and one part given to each party. It answered to what is now called a charter party.

The Anointed; an appellation given to Jesus, the Savior. It is synonymous with the Hebrew Messiah.

or four years too late, so that 1890 should be 1893 or 1894. -- Christian name, the name given in baptism, as distinct from the family name, or surname.

. (a) A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas. (b) A present or small gratuity given to young people and servants at Christmas; a Christmas gift. -- Christmas carol, a carol sung at, or suitable for, Christmas. -- Christmas day. Same as Christmas. -- Christmas eve, the evening before Christmas. -- Christ…

Indirect form of words; circumlocution. [R.] Has he given the lie, In circle, or oblique, or semicircle. J. Fletcher.

perhaps from his habit of wandering around as a stroller; an itinerant poet. Also, a name given to the cyclic poets. See under Cyclic, a. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

A circular letter, or paper, usually printed, copies of which are addressed or given to various persons; as, a business circular.

metry; viz., to trisect a plane angle, and to construct two geometrical means between two given straight lines.

An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.

-- Civil law. See under Law. -- Civil list. See under List. -- Civil remedy (Law), that given to a person injured, by action, as opposed to a criminal prosecution. -- Civil service, all service rendered to and paid for by the state or nation other than that pertaining to naval or military affairs. -- Civil service…

isula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve. You shall scarce find any bay or shallow shore, or cove of sand, where you may not take many clampes, or lobsters, or both, at your pleasure. Capt. John Smith (16…