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The act or process of considering; continuous careful thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation; attention. Let us think with consideration. Sir P. Sidney. Consideration, like an angel, came. Shak.

Considerate; careful; thoughtful. [Archaic] I love to be considerative. B. Jonson.

One who considers. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

One who considers; a man of reflection; a thinker. Milton.

With consideration or deliberation.

A particular rural district; a country neighborhood. [Eng.] W. Black. Blackmore.

A region of country having covers; a hunting country.

The hide of a cow.

the fossil species, like some that are recent, were attached by a jointed stem. See Blastoidea, Cystoidea, Comatula.

One of the Crinoidea.

See Crown office.

Relating to the Ctenoidei. -- n.

A group of fishes, established by Agassiz, characterized by having scales with a pectinated margin, as in the perch. The group is now generally regarded as artificial.

Having curved teeth.

A white amorphous substance, regarded as a polymeric modification of isocyanic acid.

A compound formed by the union of cyanogen with an element or radical.

ertain special relations to spherical surfaces. The tore or anchor ring is one of the cyclides.

An order of ganoid fishes, having cycloid scales. The bowfin (Amia calva) is a living example.

An order of fishes, formerly proposed by Agassiz, for those with thin, smooth scales, destitute of marginal spines, as the herring and salmon. The group is now regarded as artificial.

A division of Carnivora, including the dogs, wolves, and foxes.