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A cerecloth used for the special purpose of enveloping a dead body when embalmed.

An assessment or tax. [Obs.] Johnson.

The act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment and correction; discipline; punishment. Shall I so much dishonor my fair stars, On equal terms to give him chastesement! Shak. I have borne chastisement; I will not offend any more. Job xxxiv. 31.

Changeableness of color, as in a mineral; play of colors. Cleaceland.

Encouragement; comfort. [Obs.] Rich bounty and dear cherishment. Spenser.

Mild in temper and disposition; merciful; compassionate. Shak. -- Clem"ent*ly, adv.

Of or pertaining to Clement, esp. to St.Clement of Rome and the spurious homilies attributed to him, or to Pope Clement V. and his compilations of canon law.

Satiety. [Obs.] Shak.

Mutual help; coöperation. [R.] Johnson.

Mutual adjustment.

To join together. [Obs.] Glanvill.

The act of joining, or the state of being joined, together; union. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Joint establishment. Bp. Watson.

The first rudiments of an embryo in generation. Dr. H. More.

Act or process of administering comfort. [Obs.] The gentle comfortment and entertainment of the said embassador. Hakluyt.

or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate. A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another. John xiii. 34.

e; origin; beginnig; start. The time of Henry VII . . . nearly coincides with the commencement of what is termed "modern history."

icular passages; to write annotations; -- often followed by on or upon. A physician to comment on your malady. Shak. Critics . . . proceed to comment on him. Dryden. I must translate and comment. Pope.

A series of comments or annotations; esp., a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of the Scriptures or of some other work. This letter . . . was published by him with a severe commentary. Hallam.

To write comments or notes upon; to make comments. [R.] Commentate upon it, and return it enriched. Lamb.