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An extemporaneous funeral song, composed and sung by a woman on the death of a friend. [Modern Greece]

Composed of successive short curves supposed to resemble a cloud; -- said of a heraldic line by which an ordinary or subordinary may be bounded.

A line or a direction composed of successive short curves or waves supposed to resembe a cloud. See NÉbulÉ

Of or pertaining to negroes; composed of negroes. Keary.

A cordlike organ composed of elastic fibers situated above the ventral nervous cord of annelids, like the earthworm. -- Neu`ro*cor"dal, a.

the ecumenial council held there A. D. 325. Nicene Creed (, a summary of Christian faith, composed and adopted by the Council of Nice, against Arianism, A. D. 325, altered and confirmed by the Council of Constantinople, A. D. 381, and by subsequent councils.

Of, pertaining to, or composed of, nitric acid and muriatic acid; nitrohydrochloric. See Nitrohydrochloric.

A genus of algæ. The plants are composed of moniliform cells imbedded in a gelatinous substance.

Of, like, composed of, containing, nummulites; as, nummulitic beds.

amen by which the spinal cord leaves the cranium. In the higher vertebrates it is usually composed of four bones, which become consolidated in the adult. -- Occipital point (Anat.), the point of the occiput in the mesial plane farthest from the ophryon.

A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into eight leaves; hence, indicating more or less definitely a size of book so made; -- usually written 8vo or 8º.

A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into eighteen leaves; hence; indicating more or less definitely a size of book, whose sheets are so folded; -- usually written 18mo or 18º, and called eighteenmo.

Denoting the material of which anything is composed, or that which it contains; as, a throne of gold; a sword of steel; a wreath of mist; a cup of water.

One of the tertiary colors, composed of violet and green mixed in equal strength and proportion.

Of or pertaining to oölite; composed of, or resembling, oölite.

A band composed, for the largest part, of players of the various viol instruments, many of each kind, together with a proper complement of wind instruments of wood and brass; -- as distinguished from a military or street band of players on wind instruments, and from an assemblage of solo players for the rendering of co…

Of or pertaining to an organ or its functions, or to objects composed of organs; consisting of organs, or containing them; as, the organic structure of animals and plants; exhibiting characters peculiar to living organisms; as, organic bodies, organic life, organic remains. Cf. Inorganic.

Made of osiers; composed of, or containing, osiers. "This osier cage of ours." Shak.

Composed of bone; resembling bone; capable of forming bone; bony; ossific.

A tumor composed mainly of bone; a tumor of a bone.