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The state or condition of a catechumen or the time during which one is a catechumen.

To connect, in a series of links or ties; to chain. E. Darwin.

tion of links or union of parts, as in a chain; a regular or connected series. See Concatenation. Sir T. Browne.

Meal-taking; dining or supping. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Of or pertaining to dinner or supper. [R.] The Romans washed, were anointed, and wore a cenatory garment. Sir T. Browne.

Of or pertaining to the Chætognatha.

An order of free-swimming marine worms, of which the genus Sagitta is the type. They have groups of curved spines on each side of the head.

A myriapod of the order Chilognatha.

One of the two principal orders of myriapods. They have numerous segments, each bearing two pairs of small, slender legs, which are attached ventrallly, near together.

To treat, or cause to combine, with chlorine.

The act or process of subjecting anything to the action of chlorine; especially, a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine gas.

the close of the American lower Silurian system. The rocks are well developed near Cincinnati, Ohio. The group includes the Hudson River and Lorraine shales of New york.

Rolled together downward, the tip occupying the center; -- a term used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in ferns. Gray.

A circle; a concentric layer. [Obs.] "The circinations and spherical rounds of onions." Sir T. Browne.

The process by which anything becomes of the color of a lemon; esp., in alchemy, the state of perfection in the philosopher's stone indicated by its assuming a deep yellow color. Thynne.

United at the base, as contiguous lobes of a leaf.

Union, as in one body or mass; unity. Jer. Taylor. The coadunation of all the civilized provinces. Coleridge.

Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred; as, a cognate language.

The state of being cognate.

Relatives by the mother's side. Wharton.