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An under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly representing the modern shirt.

y; -- with up. [Obs.] Upon the opening of his mouth he drops his breakfast, which the fox presently chopped up. L'estrange.

The art of representing dancing by signs, as music is represented by notes. Craig.

so applied to several allied birds, as the Alpine chough. Cornish chough (Her.), a bird represented black, with red feet, and beak; -- called also aylet and sea swallow.

der Commission. -- Christian court. Same as Ecclesiastical court. -- Christian era, the present era, commencing with the birth of Christ. It is supposed that owing to an error of a monk (Dionysius Exiguus, d. about 556) employed to calculate the era, its commencement was fixed three or four years too late, so that 18…

and also by special gifts, greetings, and hospitality. Christmas box. (a) A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas. (b) A present or small gratuity given to young people and servants at Christmas; a Christmas gift. -- Christmas carol, a carol sung at, or suitable for, Christmas. -- Christmas day. Same as C…

A general name for the several coloring matters, red, green, yellow, etc., present in the inner segments in the cones of the retina, held in solution by fats, and slowly decolorized by light; distinct from the photochemical pigments of the rods of the retina.

name; a device; a monogram; as, a painter's cipher, an engraver's cipher, etc. The cut represents the initials N. W.

ined; cultivated. Sale of conscience and duty in open market is not reconcilable with the present state of civilized society. J. Quincy.

Pertaining to clairvoyance; discerning objects while in a mesmeric state which are not present to the senses.

ous minerals, as granite. Lime, magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often present as impurities.

character used in musical notation to determine the position and pitch of the scale as represented on the staff.

A series of limestone strata found in Ohio and farther west, presenting bluffs along the rivers and valleys, formerly supposed to be of one formation, but now known to be partly Silurian and partly Devonian.

aracter. I would not be a stander-by to hear My sovereign mistress clouded so, without My present vengeance taken. Shak.

evilish character, or betray an evil purpose, notwithstanding disguises, -- Satan being represented dramatically and symbolically as having cloven hoofs.

A representation of this serpent. It has the head, wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent.

That which serves for payment or recompense. The loss of present advantage to flesh and blood is repaid in a nobler coin. Hammond. Coin balance. See Illust. of Balance. -- To pay one in his own coin, to return to one the same kind of injury or ill treatment as has been received from him. [Colloq.]

Wearing a collar; -- said of a man or beast used as a bearing when a collar is represented as worn around the neck or loins.

To present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; -- followed by to.

The presentation of a clergyman to a benefice by a bishop, who has it in his own gift.