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rity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; oddly shaped; grotesque. There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high. T. Gray.

The standard unit of electrical capacity; the capacity of a condenser whose charge, having an electro-motive force of one volt, is equal to the amount of electricity which, with the same electromotive force, passes through one ohm in one second; the capacity, which, charged with one coulomb, gives an electro-motive for…

An unusual or unexpected thing; a wonder. See Fearly. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Drayton.

in only a subordinate and limited sovereignty, as the Union of the United States, or the Sonderbund of Switzerland.

happiness; a successful or gratifying event; prosperity; blessing. the felicities of her wonderful reign. Atterbury.

Singular; wonderful; extraordinary. [Obs.] -- n.

electrical conditions, occurring when the secondary of the converter is connected with a condenser of moderate capacity; -- so called because first observed in connection with the Ferranti cables in London.

optical instrument at one view. Without covering, save yon field of stars. Shak. Ask of yonder argent fields above. Pope.

To astonish; to strike with wonder, esp. by extraordinary statements. [Jocular] Beaconsfield.

A substance in the form of a powder, especially when condensed from sublimation; as, the flowers of sulphur.

Watery vapor condensed in the lower part of the atmosphere and disturbing its transparency. It differs from cloud only in being near the ground, and from mist in not approaching so nearly to fine rain. See Cloud.

The ponderousness or bulk of a folio; voluminousness. [R.] De Quincey.

on valve or check valve at the lower end of a pipe; esp., such a valve in a steam-engine condenser opening to the air pump.

reign language; foreign fruits. "Domestic and foreign writers." Atterbury. Hail, foreign wonder! Whom certain these rough shades did never breed. Milton.

g; conventional or stated scheme; formula; as, a form of prayer. Those whom form of laws Condemned to die. Dryden.

Out, as from a state of concealment, retirement, confinement, nondevelopment, or the like; out into notice or view; as, the plants in spring put forth leaves. When winter past, and summer scarce begun, Invites them forth to labor in the sun. Dryden.

coolness and courage, or to bear pain or adversity without murmuring, depression, or despondency; passive courage; resolute endurance; firmness in confronting or bearing up against danger or enduring trouble. Extolling patience as the truest fortitude. Milton. Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues. L…

s metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types. Fonder's dust. Same as Facing, 4. -- Founder's sand, a kind of sand suitable for purposes of molding.

To bring into fellowship or brotherly sympathy. Correspondence for fraternizing the two nations. Burke.

t year in a college or university. He drank his glass and cracked his joke, And freshmen wondered as he spoke. Goldsmith. Freshman class, the lowest of the four classes in an American college. [ U. S.]