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ole world Job xxxiv. 13. All ranged in order and disposed with grace. Pope. The rest themselves in troops did else dispose. Spenser.

l, which is measured from right to left. "Distance between companies in close column is twelve yards." Farrow.

ion of soft coal or of wood. -- Dry distillation, the distillation of substances by themselves, or without the addition of water or of other volatile solvent; as, the dry distillation of citric acid. -- Fractional distillation. (Chem.) See under Fractional.

make eminent or known; to confer distinction upon; -- with by or for."To distinguish themselves by means never tried before." Johnson.

A genus of parasitic, trematode worms, having two suckers for attaching themselves to the part they infest. See 1st Fluke,

Not confident; diffident; wanting confidence or thrust; modest; as, distrustful of ourselves, of one's powers. Distrustful sense with modest caution speaks. Pope.

To vote, as in the British Parliament, by the members separating themselves into two parties (as on opposite sides of the hall or in opposite lobbies), that is, the ayes dividing from the noes. The emperors sat, voted, and divided with their equals. Gibbon.

e results written down; -- used principally when the divisor is not greater than ten or twelve.

pack up. (c) To accomplish thoroughly. [Colloq.] (d) To starch and iron. "A rich gown of velvet, and a ruff done up with the famous yellow starch." Hawthorne. -- To do way, to put away; to lay aside. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- To do with, to dispose of; to make use of; to employ; -- usually preceded by what. "Men are many ti…

or projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; -- sometimes including the piers themselves; as, to be down on the dock.

A figure or polygon bounded by twelve sides and containing twelve angles.

A Linnæan order of plants having twelve styles.

Of or pertaining to the Dodecagynia; having twelve styles.

Pertaining to, or like, a dodecahedion; consisting of twelve equal sides. Dodecahedral cleavage. See under Cleavage.

A solid having twelve faces.

A Linnæan class of plants including all that have any number of stamens between twelve and nineteen.

Of or pertaining to the Dodecandria; having twelve stamens, or from twelve to nineteen.

Having twelve columns in front. -- n.

Having twelve syllables.

A word consisting of twelve syllables.