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Suspicion of evil designs. Alienation and distrust . . . are the growth of false principles. D. Webster.

To turn from a regular or designed course. [Obs.] And disturb His inmost counsels from their destined aim. Milton.

e or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to conjecture. A sagacity which divined the evil designs. Bancroft.

Having two faces designed for use; as, a double-faced hammer.

An arrangement of two lenses for a microscope, designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion, thus rendering the image of an object more clear and distinct. W. H. Wollaston.

In Christian worship: A hymn expressing praise and honor to God; a form of praise to God designed to be sung or chanted by the choir or the congregation. David breaks forth into these triumphant praises and doxologies. South.

tions of more than ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage. A divine pastoral drama in the Song of Solomon. Milton.

To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.

A sketch, outline, or representation, whether written, designed, or drawn; a delineation. A draught of a Toleration Act was offered to the Parliament by a private member. Macaulay. No picture or draught of these things from the report of the eye. South.

A method of etching in which the design upon the plate is produced in relief.

To designate, choose, or select, as an object of mercy or favor.

A branching frame, often of ornamental design, to support electric illuminating lamps.

One of the principal names by which God is designated in the Hebrew Scriptures.

An art or process of flooding transparent colored glaze over designs stamped or molded on earthenware or porcelain. Ure.

or an idea, by natural aptness or by association; a figurative representation; a typical designation; a symbol; as, a balance is an emblem of justice; a scepter, the emblem of sovereignty or power; a circle, the emblem of eternity. "His cicatrice, an emblem of war, here on his sinister cheek." Shak.…

inds of men. A. W. Ward. Celestial empire. See under Celestial. -- Empire City, a common designation of the city of New York. -- Empire State, a common designation of the State of New York.

Void of design; objectless; as, an endless pursuit. Endless chain, a chain which is made continuous by uniting its two ends. -- Endless screw. (Mech.) See under Screw.

Pertaining to, or designed for, the measurement of endosmotic action.

Designating, or pert. to, a reaction which occurs with absorption of heat; formed by such a reaction; as, an endothermic substance; -- opposed to exothermic.

ecoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper.