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the elements fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine, called the halogens, and classed together from their common peculiariries.

A colorless volatile liquid, CHCl3, having an ethereal odor and a sweetish taste, formed by treating alcohol with chlorine and an alkali. It is a powerful solvent of wax, resin, etc., and is extensively used to produce anæsthesia in surgical operations; also externally, to alleviate pain.

Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting.

ds in the bile, and extracted as a resinous substance, convertible under the influence of ether into white crystals.

To accord; to harmonize together; as, this note chords with that.

A comprehensive division of animals including all Vertebrata together with the Tunicata, or all those having a dorsal nervous cord.

Consisting of several kinds mingled together; mixed; as, chowchow sweetmeats (preserved fruits put together).

A dish made of fresh fish or clams, biscuit, onions, etc., stewed together.

in which certain numeral letters, made to appear specially conspicuous, on being added together, express a particular date or epoch, as in the motto of a medal struck by Gustavus Adolphus in 1632: ChrIstVs DVX; ergo trIVMphVs. - the capitals of which give, when added as numerals, the sum 1632.

To occupy a chamber with another; as, to chum together at college. [U. S.]

A formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping together. "When they had ordained them elders in every church." Acts xiv. 23.

Rolled together downward, the tip occupying the center; -- a term used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in ferns. Gray.

So he lies, circled with evil. Coleridge. To circle in, to confine; to hem in; to keep together; as, to circle bodies in. Sir K. Digby.

re commonly presided over by a judge of the supreme court, or a special circuit judge, together with the judge of the district court. They have jurisdiction within statutory limits, both in law and equity, in matters of federal cognizance. Some of the individual States also have circuit courts, which have general statu…

Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.

To strike together so as to produce a ringing metallic sound. The fierce Caretes . . . clanged their sounding arms. Prior.

To strike; to slap; to strike, or strike together, with a quick motion, so, as to make a sharp noise; as, to clap one's hands; a clapping of wings. Then like a bird it sits and sings, And whets and claps its silver wings. Marvell.

To make a noise by striking against something; to dash noisily together.

To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).

A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower classes.