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Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude; -- said of the air, weather, etc. If the rooms be low-roofed, or full of windows and doors, the one maketh the air close, . . . and the other maketh it exceeding unequal. Bacon.

r way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel.

Having all the reefs taken in; -- said of a sail.

Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cobalt; -- said especially of those compounds in which cobalt has higher valence; as, cobaltic oxide. Luteo-cobaltic compounds (Chem.), an extensive series of complex yellow compounds of ammonia and cobaltic salts. -- Roseo-cobaltic compounds (Chem.), an extensive series of…

Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cobalt; -- said esp. of cobalt compounds in which the metal has its lower valence. Cobaltous chloride, a crystalline compound, CoCl2, of a pale rose color when hydrous, blue when dehydrated. Its solution is used for a sympathetic ink, the writing being nearly colorless when d…

he lock of a firearm. At cock, At full cock, with the hammer raised and ready to fire; -- said of firearms, also, jocularly, of one prepared for instant action. -- At half cock. See under Half. -- Cock feather (Archery), the feather of an arrow at right angles to the direction of the cock or notch. Nares.…

A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be fatal. See Basilisk. That bare vowel, I, shall poison more Than the death-darting eye of cockatrice. Shak.

A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be fatal. See Basilisk.

Having hollow teeth; -- said of a group lizards. -- n.

Distant; -- said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed.

Having cold blood; -- said of fish or animals whose blood is but little warmer than the water or air about them.

Closed while too cold to become thoroughly welded; -- said of a forging or casting. -- n.

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.

Passing or held by collation; -- said of livings of which the bishop and the patron are the same person.

In the position of fighting; -- said of two lions set face to face, each rampant.

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

ually a bishop) who enjoyed the revenue until a pastor was provided. A living so held was said to be held in commendam. The practice was abolished by law in 1836. There was [formerly] some sense for commendams. Selden. Partnership in commendam. See under Partnership.

rayer (Book of Common Prayer), a prayer read over the dying. "The commendatory prayer was said for him, and, as it ended, he [William III.] died." Bp. Burnet.

90º. -- Complement of a parallelogram. (Math.) See Gnomon. -- In her complement (Her.), said of the moon when represented as full.

and last of the canonical hours of the Western church; the last prayer of the day, to be said after sunset. The custom of godly man been to shut up the evening with a compline of prayer at nine of the night. Hammond.