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other forms; -- applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.

To affect; to make a parade of. [R.] Shak.

To degrade by speech or action.

A trade, art, or occupation. [Obs.] In youth he learned had a good mester. Chaucer.

See Mystery, a trade.

Mohammedans, consisting of twelve lunar months without intercalation, so that they retrograde through all the seasons in about 32½ years. The Mohammedan era begins with the year 622 a.d., the first day of the Mohammedan year 1332 begin Nov. 30, 1913, acording to the Gregorian calendar.

A trader; a dealer; -- now used chiefly in composition; as, fishmonger, ironmonger, newsmonger.

n, or the exclusive possession of; to engross the whole of; as, to monopolize the coffee trade; to monopolize land.

ts sale for a limited time; chartered trading companies have sometimes had a monopoly of trade with remote regions; a combination of traders may get a monopoly of a particular product. Raleigh held a monopoly of cards, Essex a monopoly of sweet wines. Macaulay.

An object of superstitious homage and fear. Carlyle. The miserable Mumbo Jumbo they paraded. Dickens.

Farcical show; hypocritical disguise and parade or ceremonies. Bacon.

An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service. The hurried muster of the soldiers of liberty. Hawthorne. See how in warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings. Milton.

A trade; a handicraft; hence, any business with which one is usually occupied. Fie upon him, he will discredit our mystery. Shak. And that which is the noblest mystery Brings to reproach and common infamy. Spenser.

A collective term for cravats, collars, etc. [Colloq. or trade name]

ope. A cold and neglectful countenance. Locke. Though the Romans had no great genius for trade, yet they were not entirely neglectful of it. Arbuthnot. -- Neg*lect"ful*ly, adv. -- Neg*lect"ful*ness, n.

To transact business; to carry on trade. [Obs.] Hammond.

A degraded Papuan race, inhabiting Luzon and some of the other east Indian Islands. They resemble negroes, but are smaller in size. They are mostly nomads.

Not belonging to, or affiliated with, a trades union; as, a nonunoin carpenter.

One who does not belong, or refuses to belong, to a trades union.

or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a tyro. I am young; a novice in the trade. Dryden.