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, weak, and of no consistence. Jer. Taylor. The same form, substance, and consistency. T. Burned.

a compact mass; to harden or make dense and firm. He fixed and consolidated the earth. T. Burnet.

n one consort there sat Cruel revenge and rancorious despite, Disloyal treason, and heart-burning hate. Spenser. Lord, place me in thy consort. Herbert.

A constabulary. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.

roy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour. If he were putting to my house the brand That shall consume it. Shak. Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume. Matt. vi. 20 (Rev. Ver. ). Let me alone . .…

argument adds to the pleasure of contesting with in, when there are hopes of victory. Bp. Burnet. Of man, who dares in pomp with Jove contest Pope.

ar at hand; easy of access. [Colloq.] Hereties used to be brought thither, convenient for burning. Thackeray.

ute; as, to convert water into ice. If the whole atmosphere were converted into water. T. Burnet. That still lessens The sorrow, and converts it nigh to joy. Milton.

some other occasions. Piers plowman. A hundred and sixty priests all in their copes. Bp. Burnet.

t in the first make of same men's minds which can scarce ever be corrected afterwards. T. Burnet.

the form of a heavy, transparent, crystalline substance, easily soluble, and of an acrid, burning taste. It is a virulent poison, a powerful antiseptic, and an exellent antisyphilitic; called also mercuric bichloride. It is to be carefully distinguished from calomel, the mild chloride of mercury.

Signals made by burning lights of different colors and used by vessels at sea, and in the life-saving service; -- named after their inventor.

A cottager; a cottier. Burns. Through Sandwich Notch the West Wind sang Good morrow to the cotter. Whittier.

ters couch themselves as may be to the center of this globe, in a spherical convexity. T. Burnet.

yden. The duke's levees and couchees were so crowded that the antechambers were full. Bp. Burnet.

he room or apartment in which a council meets. -- Council fire, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] Barilett. -- Council of war, an assembly of officers of high rank, called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to measures or importance or nesessity. -- Ecumenic…

conduct. Such countermarches and retractions as we do not willingly impute to wisdom. T. Burnet.

osques and other buildings of the Arabians are rounded into domes and coved roofs. H. Swinburne. Coved ceiling, a ceiling, the part of which next the wail is constructed in a cove. -- Coved vault, a vault composed of four coves meeting in a central point, and therefore the reverse of a groined vault.…

s; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle. The unknown ice that crackles underneath them. Dryden.

species of Vaccinum or Oxycoccus.) The high cranberry or cranberry tree is a species of Viburnum (V. Opulus), and the other is sometimes called low cranberry or marsh cranberry to distinguish it.