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Contrived for the purpose of making a show, or gaining applause; deceptive; unreal.

The act or process of making clear or transparent, by freeing visible impurities; as, the clarification of wine.

The act of making clean.

The act or process of making clear. The better clearing of this point. South.

The art of process of making cloth. [R.] Instructing [refugees] in the art of clothing. Ray.

d by the distillation of bituminous coal in the manufacture of illuminating gas; used for making printer's ink, black varnish, etc. It is a complex mixture from which many substances have been obtained, especially hydrocarbons of the benzene or aromatic series.

inuation. Cocked hat. (a) A hat with large, stiff flaps turned up to a peaked crown, thus making its form triangular; -- called also three-cornered hat. (b) A game similar to ninepins, except that only three pins are used, which are set up at the angles of a triangle.

An object at which stones are flung. "Making a cockshy of him," replied the hideous small boy. Dickens.

A preparation made from the seeds of the chocolate tree, and used in making, a beverage; also the beverage made from cocoa or cocoa shells. Cocoa shells, the husks which separate from the cacao seeds in preparing them for use.

It yields an agreeable milky liquid and a white meat or albumen much used as food and in making oil.

A very beautiful and hard wood, obtained in the West India Islands. It is used in cabinetmaking, for the handles of tools, and for various fancy articles.

A West Indian wood, used for making flutes and other musical instruments.

gulation of the professional conduct of physicians; the naval code, a system of rules for making communications at sea means of signals. Code civil or Code Napoleon, a code enacted in France in 1803 and 1804, embodying the law of rights of persons and of property generally. Abbot.

Composed of mutually dependent parts; making a logical whole; consistent; as, a coherent plan, argument, or discourse.

A piece of metal on which certain characters are stamped by government authority, making it legally current as money; -- much used in a collective sense. It is alleged that it [a subsidy] exceeded all the current coin of the realm. Hallam.

One engaged in the business of digging mineral coal or making charcoal, or in transporting or dealing in coal.

rint made directly from a hardened film of gelatin or other colloid; also, the process of making such prints. According to one method, the film is sensitized with potassium dichromate and exposed to light under a reversed negative. After the dichromate has been washed out, the film is soaked in glycerin and water. As t…

v. t. -- Column rule, a thin strip of brass separating columns of type in the form, and making a line between them in printing.

The act or process of combining or uniting persons and things. Making new compounds by new combinations. Boyle. A solemn combination shall be made Of our dear souls. Shak.

Pertaining to the making of commentaries. Whewell.