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titution of the molecules, which depend upon variations of the number, kind, or mode of arrangement, of the constituent atoms. These atoms are not assumed to be indivisible, but merely the finest grade of subdivision hitherto attained. Chemistry deals with the changes in the composition and constitution of molecules. S…

The arrangement of light and dark parts in a work of art, such as a drawing or painting, whether in monochrome or in color.

alled also macle. The tesselated apperance of a cross section is due to the symmetrical arrangement of impurities in the crystal.

eathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle. With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder. Shak.

That chokes; producing the feeling of strangulation.

the opening of his mouth he drops his breakfast, which the fox presently chopped up. L'estrange.

An orange-colored dyestuff, of artificial production.

One who shows strangers the curiosities of a place; a guide. Every glib and loquacious hireling who shows strangers about their picture galleries, palaces, and ruins, is termed by them [the Italians] a cicerone, or a Cicero. Trench.

or circle, a continous electrical communication between the two poles of a battery; an arrangement of voltaic elements or couples with proper conductors, by which a continuous current of electricity is established.

A circle; a circus; a circular erection or arrangement of objects. A dismal cirque Of Druid stones upon a forlorn moor. Keats.

A genus of trees including the orange, lemon, citron, etc., originally natives of southern Asia.

t, and there they cloyed and clammed Themselves till there was no getting out again. L'Estrange.

s when clanged or struck together. The broadsword's deadly clang, As if a thousand anvils rang. Sir W. Scott.

To arrange in classes; to classify or refer to some class; as, to class words or passages.

To distribute into classes; to arrange according to a system; to arrnge in sets according to some method founded on common properties or characters.

ld or revile. "The jade Fortune is to be clawed away for it, if you should lose it." L'Estrange. To claw (one) on the back, to tickle; to express approbation. (Obs.) Chaucer. -- To claw (one) on the gall, to find falt with; to vex. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To fit; to be adapted; to assimilate. [Poetic.] New honors come upon him, Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mold But with the aid of use. Shak.

Resembling a click; abounding in clicks. "Their strange clicky language." The Century.

A figure of which the parts of a sentence or paragraph are so arranged that each sicceeding one rise "Tribulation worketh patience, patience experience, and experience hope" -- a happy climax. J. D. Forbes.

Having the side planks (af a boat) so arranged that the lower edge of each overlaps the upper edge of the plank next below it like clapboards on a house. See Lapstreak.