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The state, characteristic, or quality of being circumstantial; particularity or minuteness of detail. "I will endeavor to describe with sufficient circumstantiality." De Quincey.

Courtesy; politeness; kind attention; good breeding; a polite act or expression. The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be. Chesterfield. The sweet civilities of life. Dryden.

usly. Partidge and the rest of his clan may hoot me. Smolett. The whole clan of the enlightened among us. Burke.

A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.

That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed. Without a seal, wafer, or any closure whatever. Pope.

, feathers, etc. They live in tubular cases made of the material upon which they feed, fastened together with silk.

ate, I fear me, noble lord, Hath clouded all thy happy days on earth. Shak. Be not disheartened, then, nor cloud those looks. Milton. Nothing clouds men's minds and impairs their honesty like prejudice. M. Arnold.

to arms sliding on a feathered shaft. The bayonets slide through holes in a crosshead fastened on the shaft.

Like or related to the genus Clupeaster; -- applied to a group of flattened sea urchins, with a rosette of pores on the upper side.

A beverage made of brandy, whisky, or gin, iced, flavored, and sweetened. [U. S.]

nd discuss it. Every coffeehouse had one or more orators, to whose eloquence the crowd listened with admiration, and who soon became what the journalists of our own time have been called -- a fourth estate of the realm. Macaulay.

An acknowledgment of a fine of lands and tenements or confession of a thing done. [Eng.]

A small metal ring; a small collar fastened on an arbor; as, the collet on the balance arbor of a watch; a small socket on a stem, for holding a drill.

A district or a manor with lands and tenements appertaining thereto, under the control of a member of an order of knights who was called a commander; -- called also a preceptory.

Triteness; meanness.

Flattened to a level surface. [R.]

Full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set; completeness. To exceed his complement and number appointed him which was one hundred and twenty persons. Hakluyt.

A settled state; calmness; sedateness; tranquillity; repose. "We seek peace and composure." Milton. When the passions . . . are all silent, the mind enjoys its most perfect composure. I. Watts.

Flattened lengthwise. Compessed air engine, an engine operated by the elastic force of compressed air.

nceited Or to passion quickly heated. Swift. Conceited of their own wit, science, and politeness. Bentley.