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Characteristic of, or resembling, cockneys.

A piece of metal on which certain characters are stamped by government authority, making it legally current as money; -- much used in a collective sense. It is alleged that it [a subsidy] exceeded all the current coin of the realm. Hallam.

Exact correspondence in nature, character, result, circumstances, etc.; concurrence; agreement. The very concurrence and coincidence of ao many evidences . . . carries a great weight. Sir M. Hale. Those who discourse . . . of the nature of truth . . . affirm a perfect coincidence between truth and goodness. South.…

Relating to, or characteristic of, collectivism.

Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors.

Characterized by collusion; done or planned in collusion. "Collusive and sophistical arguings." J. Trapp. "Collusive divorces." Strype.

A point or character, formed thus [:], used to separate parts of a sentence that are complete in themselves and nearly independent, often taking the place of a conjunction.

A custom, idea, feature of government, or the like, characteristic of a colony.

The hue or color characteristic of good health and spirits; ruddy complexion. Give color to my pale cheek. Shak.

ctured transversely, with a cup joint, showing a concave surface above. This structure is characteristic of certain igneous rocks, as basalt, and is due to contraction in cooling.

Ea Arnold was a combustible character. W. Irving.

A dramatic composition, or representation of a bright and amusing character, based upon the foibles of individuals, the manners of society, or the ludicrous events or accidents of life; a play in which mirth predominates and the termination of the plot is happy; -- opposed to tragedy. With all the vivacity if comedy. M…

A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of a sentence, written or printed.

Having the character of a commensal.

h afforded material comforts to the Union soldiers, and performed services of a religious character in the field and in hospitals. -- The United States Sanitary Commission, an organization formed by the people of the North to coöperate with and supplement the medical department of the Union armies during the Civil War…

Common character; likeness. [R.] The essential community of nature between organic growth and inorganic growth. H. Spencer.

To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to bring into comparison; to regard with discriminating attention. Compare dead happiness with living woe. Shak. The place he found beyond expression bright, Compared with aug…

The bodily constitution; the temperament; habitude, or natural disposition; character; nature. [Obs.] If his complexion incline him to melancholy. Milton. It is the complexion of them all to leave the dam. Shak.

Possessing peculiarities that are characteristic of several diverse groups.

mpromise and barter. Burke. An abhorrence of concession and compromise is a never failing characteristic of religious factions. Hallam.