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nything singular, rare, or curious. Your gallery Have we passed through, not without much content In many singularities. Shak.

The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.

To inssinuate contempt by a covert expression; to speak derisively. I could be content to be a little sneared at. Pope.

The solid contents of a body; volume; amount of inclosed space.

arture, or a somnambulistic leave-taking and waking in her sleep, may remain a subject of contention. Dickens.

n produces other larvæ by internal budding, or by the subdivision of a part or all of its contents into a number of minute germs. See Redia.

One who squabbles; a contentious person; a brawler.

ntempt or dislike. Sir W. Scott. -- To square the circle (Math.), to determine the exact contents of a circle in square measure. The solution of this famous problem is now generally admitted to be impossible.

One who squares, or quarrels; a hot-headed, contentious fellow. [Obs.] Shak.

om, stay, and moderation of the king. Bacon. With prudent stay he long deferred The rough contention. Philips.

An instrument for measuring the solid contents of a body, or the capacity of a vessel; a volumenometer.

The art of measuring and computing the cubical contents of bodies and figures; -- distinguished from planimetry.

hich has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record. One malcontent who did indeed get a name in story. Barrow. Venice, with its unique city and its Impressive story. Ed. Rev. The four great monarchies make the subject of ancient story. Sir W. Temple.

as of the throat; especially, such as causes a suspension of breathing, of the passage of contents, or of the circulation, as in cases of hernia.

Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts. Doting about questions and strifes of words. 1 Tim. vi. 4. Thus gods contended -- noble strife -Who most should ease the wants of life. Congreve.

Contentious; discordant. The ape was strifeful and ambitious. Spenser.

One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows. Be content to put your trust in honest stringers. Ascham.

To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest; -- followed by against or with before the person or thing opposed; as, strive against temptation; strive for the truth. Chaucer. My Spirit shall not always strive with man. Gen. vi. 3. Why dost thou strive against him Job xxxiii. 13. Now…

etcheth a stroke with the ax to cut down the tree. Deut. xix. 5. A fool's lips enter into contention and his mouth calleth for strokes. Prov. xviii. 6. He entered and won the whole kingdom of Naples without striking a stroke. Bacon.

g; the practice of erecting buildings; construction. [R.] His son builds on, and never is content Till the last farthing is in structure spent. J. Dryden, Jr.