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Following by consequence; consequent; deducible. [R.] "Consectary impieties." Sir T. Browne.

One who considers. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Fellowship; association; companionship. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

A covering. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

To temper; to moderate. [Obs.] Moisten and contemperate the air. Sir T. Browne.

The act of tempering or moderating. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

One who contemplates. Sir T. Browne.

or that which, continues; esp., one who continues a series or a work; a continuer. Sir T. Browne.

to connect. [Obs.] the use of the navel is to continue the infant unto the mother. Sir T. browne.

To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit. Thou didst contract and purse thy brow. Shak.

Drawn together; shrunken; wrinkled; narrow; as, a contracted brow; a contracted noun.

ety; repugnant; perverse. [Archaic] Milton. She flew contrarious in the face of God. Mrs. Browning.

Made convex; protuberant in a spherical form. Sir T. Browne.

In a convex form; convexly. Sir T. Browne.

To prove or show to be false; to confute; to refute. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Capable of being confuted and disproved by argument; refutable. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

pertaining to a feast or to festivity; convivial. [Obs.] "A convival dish." Sir T. Browne.

ll. -- Coral root (Bot.), a genus (Corallorhiza) of orchideous plants, of a yellowish or brownish red color, parasitic on roots of other plants, and having curious jointed or knotted roots not unlike some kinds of coral. See Illust. under Coralloid. -- Coral snake. (Zo) (a) A small, venomous, Brazilian snake (Elaps c…

resembling coral; coralloid. Sir T. browne.

s had any respect of cordiality or reference unto the heart, will much be doubted. Sir T. Browne.