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The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.

A vessel belonging to a regular line of packets; also, a line-of- battle ship; a ship of the line.

ng to the literature of a former age. That class of subjects which are interesting to the regular literator or black-letter " bibliomane," simply because they have once been interesting. De Quincey.

A flowerless plant (Marchantia polymorpha), having an irregularly lobed, spreading, and forking frond.

Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake. Bacon. Loaf sugar, refined sugar that has been formed into a conical loaf in a mold.

An order of Rhizopoda, in which the pseudopodia are thick and irregular in form, as in the Amoeba.

A metallic vein; any regular vein or course, whether metallic or not.

The meeting room of an association; hence, the regularly constituted body of members which meets there; as, a masonic lodge.

the radiance of intellect; not darkened or confused by delirium or madness; marked by the regular operations of reason; as, a lucid interval.

A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore. " A lump of cheese." Piers Plowman. " This lump of clay." Shak.

A portion of food taken at any time except at a regular meal; an informal or light repast, as between breakfast and dinner.

That premise which contains the major term. It its the first proposition of a regular syllogism; as: No unholy person is qualified for happiness in heaven [the major]. Every man in his natural state is unholy [minor]. Therefore, no man in his natural state is qualified for happiness in heaven [conclusion or inference].…

Ill formation; irregular or anomalous formation; abnormal or wrong conformation or structure.

w. Wharton. -- Malicious prosecution or arrest (Law), a wanton prosecution or arrest, by regular process in a civil or criminal proceeding, without probable cause. Bouvier.

Varied with irregular markings, or witch a confused blending of irregular spots and streaks.

To move with regular steps, as a soldier; to walk in a grave, deliberate, or stately manner; to advance steadily. Shak.

In mass; not necessarily without a crystalline structure, but having no regular form; as, a mineral occurs massive. Massive rock (Geol.), a compact crystalline rock not distinctly schistone, as granite; also, with some authors, an eruptive rock.

The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets. The irregular fears of a future state had been supplanted by the materialism of Epicurus. Buckminster.

A form of corbel arch employing regular small corbels.

An orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of teaching languages; a method of improving the mind. Addison.