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ight; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith, etc. Say, by this token, I desire his company. Shak.

of direst cruelty." Shak. [He] was so topful of himself, that he let it spill on all the company. I. Watts.

A company of men engaged in the same occupation; thus, booksellers and publishers speak of the customs of the trade, and are collectively designated as the trade.

Carrying on trade or commerce; engaged in trade; as, a trading company.

To be drilled in military exercises; to do duty in a military company.

A band or company of an organized military force instituted by James I. and dissolved by Charles II.; -- afterwards applied to the London militia. [Eng.] He felt that, without some better protection than that of the trainbands and Beefeaters, his palace and person would hardly be secure. Macaulay. A trainband captain e…

college. See Normal school, under Normal, a. -- Training day, a day on which a military company assembles for drill or parade. [U. S.] -- Training ship, a vessel on board of which boys are trained as sailors.

Issued stock of an incorporated company held by the company itself.

ter, as a compliment, or as an expression of friendship or regard; as, to treat the whole company.

Three, considered collectively; three in company or acting together; a set of three; three united. The trio were well accustomed to act together, and were linked to each other by ties of mutual interest. Dickens.

A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude. That which should accompany old age --As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends --I must not look to have. Shak.

A company or troop, especially the company pf performers in a play or an opera.

A troop; a company. [Obs. or Poetic] Legions and cohorts, turms of horse and wings. Milton.

ile to. -- To turn aside or away. (a) To turn from the direct course; to withdraw from a company; to deviate. (b) To depart; to remove. (c) To avert one's face. -- To turn back, to turn so as to go in an opposite direction; to retrace one's steps. -- To turn in. (a) To bend inward. (b) To enter for lodgings or enter…

A company or association of gymnasts and athletes.

pure; as, unalloyed metals; unalloyed happiness. I enjoyed unalloyed satisfaction in his company. Mitford.

Not assigned to any company or regiment.

Accompanying strain; subordinate and underlying meaning; accompaniment; undertone. In the very [poetry] there often an undersong of sense which none beside the poetic mind . . . can comprehend. Landor.

To clothe with a uniform; as, to uniform a company of soldiers.

veyed, or designated by marks, limits, or boundaries, as appropriated to some individual, company, or corporation; as, unlocated lands.