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A cognomen or surname. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

A severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen, due to spasm, obstruction, or distention of some one of the hollow viscera. Hepatic colic, the severe pain produced by the passage of a gallstone from the liver or gall bladder through the bile duct. -- Intestinal colic, or Ordinary colic, pain due to distention of the intestin…

proposition. He had discovered and colligated a multitude of the most wonderful . . . phenomena. Tundall.

A suckerlike organ at the base of the abdomen of insects belonging to the Collembola.

Shade or variety of character; kind; species. Boys and women are for the most part cattle of this color. Shak.

One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen of scorpions.

A women who plays in comedy.

That which affects the welfare or happiness; interest; moment. Mysterious secrets of a high concern. Roscommon.

Importance; moment; consequence. Let every action of concernment to begun with prayer. Jer. Taylor.

mine the course of a man's character and life from the configuration of the stars at the moment of his birth. Whewell.

resulting from various conditions. He [Chesterfield] had recently governed Ireland, at a momentous conjuncture, with eminent firmness, wisdom, and humanity. Macaulay.

rtance with respect to what comes after; power to influence or produce an effect; value; moment; rank; distinction. It is a matter of small consequence. Shak. A sense of your own worth and consequence. Cowper. In consequence, hence; for this cause. -- In consequence of, by reason of; as the effect of.…

hak. 'T were to consider too curiously, to consider so. Shak. She wished she had taken a moment to consider, before rushing down stairs. W. Black

ration; as, iron contracts in cooling; a rope contracts when wet. Years contracting to a moment. Wordsworth.

t or concurrence; arbitrary custom; usage; conventionality. There are thousands now Such women, but convention beats them down. Tennyson.

s, or small particles. Corpuscular philosophy, that which attempts to account for the phenomena of nature, by the motion, figure, rest, position, etc., of the minute particles of matter. -- Corpuscular theory (Opt.), the theory enunciated by Sir Isaac Newton, that light consists in the emission and rapid progression o…

Such as can be correlated; as, correlatable phenomena.

to connect together by the disclosure of a mutual relation; as, to correlate natural phenomens. Darwin.

events of importance. Symbolic dances are given by the young men of the tribe, while the women act as musicians.

Middle Ages, a gown or basque of which the body was close fitting, worn by both men and women.