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y of troops or a military post; -- officially called commissary of subsistence. [U. S.] Washington wrote to the President of Congress . . . urging the appointment of a commissary general, a quartermaster general, a commissary of musters, and a commissary of artillery. W. Irving Commissary general, an officer in charge…

t of feeding beasts on the land of another. Burill. -- Common of piscary, the right of fishing in waters belonging to another. -- Common of turbary, the right of digging turf upon the ground of another.

ocial intercourse. Nature has left every man a capacity of being agreeable, though not of shining in company. Swift.

seless material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to concentrate by washing; -- opposed to Ant: dilute. Spirit of vinegar concentrated and reduced to its greatest strength. Arbuthnot.

. Amidst the concourse were to be seen the noble ladies of Milan, in gay, fantastic cars, shining in silk brocade. Prescott.

th. Shak. As I confess it needs must be. Tennyson. As an actor confessed without rival to shine. Goldsmith.

The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim. Cowper.

A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves.

mind; to accord; to concur. And Saul was consenting unto his death. Acts. viii. 1. Flourishing many years before Wyclif, and much consenting with him in jugdment. Fuller.

curiously, to consider so. Shak. She wished she had taken a moment to consider, before rushing down stairs. W. Black

The act of ratifying or establishing, as if signing; confirmation; ratuficator. A direct consignation of pardon. Jer. Taylor.

The act of sprinkling. [Obs.] The conspersion washing the doorposts. Jer. Taylor.

To join luster; to shine with united radiance, or one general light. [R.] The several things which engage our affections . . . shine forth and constellate in God. Boule.

The act or process of constituting; the action of enacting, establishing, or appointing; enactment; establishment; formation.

A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor.

The act of ravishing; violation; defilement. Bp. Hall.

having the quality of contradistinction; distinguishing by contrast. -- Con`tra*dis*tinc"tive, n.

Pertaining to, or furnishing, a contribution.

field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing. In one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrashed the corn. Milton.

A thrashing floor. Hos. ix. 1.