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A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position util the work becomes self-supporting.

A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from different authors disposed in a new order.

The composition of a cento; the act or practice of composing a cento or centos.

ving. A point near Alcyone in the Pleiades was supposed to possess characteristics of the position of such a body.

l. It is uncertain whether it exists as such in nerve tissue, or is a product of the decomposition of some more complex substance.

A sugarlike body obtained by the decomposition of the nitrogenous non-phosphorized principles of the brain.

The unguent (a composition of oil and wax) with which wrestles were anointed among the ancient Romans.

h fastens it to the vessel's side. (b) A bolt with a chain attached for drawing it out of position. -- Chain bond. See Chain timber. -- Chain bridge, a bridge supported by chain cables; a suspension bridge. -- Chain cable, a cable made of iron links. -- Chain coral (Zoöl.), a fossil coral of the genus Halysites, co…

as president, or as chairman of a meeting. Macaulay. -- To take the chair, to assume the position of president, or of chairman of a meeting.

tance which exists in the white of the bird's egg, and serves to maintain the yolk in its position; the treadle.

rayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composition as common limestone.

o alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change the countenance. Therefore will I change their glory into shame. Hosea. iv. 7.

The office, position, or station of a chaplain. Swift.

ressed by nature, education, or habit; that which a person or thing really is; nature; disposition. The character or that dominion. Milton. Know well each Ancient's proper character; His fable, subject, scope in every page; Religion, Country, genius of his Age. Pope. A man of . . . thoroughly subservient character. Mot…

A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack; as, to bring a weapon to the charge.

Liberality in judging of men and their actions; a disposition which inclines men to put the best construction on the words and actions of others. The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable. Buckminster.

n; correct; free from barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, a chaste style in composition or art. That great model of chaste, lofty, and eloquence, the Book of Common Prayer. Macaulay.

ye. Dryden. Dog cheap, very cheap, -- a phrase formed probably by the catachrestical transposition of good cheap. [Colloq.]

of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture. When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. Dryden.

The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game.