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societies often adopt a constitution and by-laws for the government of their members. In this sense the word has probably been influenced by by, meaning secondary or aside.

way; indirect means. God known, my son, By what bypaths, and indirect crooked ways, I met this crown. Shak.

for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means.

-- often a symptom of hysterical or maniacal affections. Hideous grimaces . . . attended this unusual cachinnation. Sir W. Scott.

d speaking the same language as the majority of the members of a diocese or congregation. This plan was successfully opposed by the American party in the Church.

Producing, or attended with distress and misery; making wretched; wretched; unhappy. "This sad and calamitous condition." South. "A calamitous prison" Milton.

certain indefinitely small quantities called differentials. The problems are primarily of this form: to find how the change in some variable quantity alters at each instant the value of a quantity dependent upon it. -- Exponential calculus, that part of algebra which treats of exponents. -- Imaginary calculus, a meth…

To show or disclose the class, character, or nationality of. [Obs.] This speech calls him Spaniard. Beau. & Fl.

Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth. I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid. Old Play [1675].

in China for the oil which is pressed from their seeds. The tea plant is now referred to this genus under the name of Camellia Thea.

d rest or lodging for, as an army or travelers. Had our great palace the capacity To camp this host, we all would sup together. Shak.

f the American Lower Silurian system embracing the calciferous, Quebec, and Chazy epochs. This period immediately follows the primordial or Cambrian period, and is by many geologists regarded as the beginning of the Silurian age, See the Diagram, under Geology.

ing to cancel the interest created through former secret services, by being refractory on this occasion. Sir W. Scott.

ild, worthless rose; the dog-rose. To put down Richard, that sweet lovely rose. And plant this thorm, this canker, Bolingbroke. Shak. Black canker. See under Black.

from hemp (Cannabis sativa, variety Indica). The narcotic effects of hasheesh are due to this resin.

rd and solid to be cut and polished. It burns readily, with a clear, yellow flame, and on this account has been used as a substitute for candles.

eaving giving to fabrics a channeled or fluted effect; also, a fabric woven so as to have this effect; a rep.

lso, certain portions of the Breviary, to be used at stated hours of the day. In England, this name is also given to the hours from 8 a. m. to 3 p. m. (formerly 8 a. m. to 12 m.) before and after which marriage can not be legally performed in any parish church. -- Canonical letters, letters of several kinds, formerly…

Of or pertaining to a canonist. "This canonistic exposition." Milton.

power; -- used in reference to physical things. Had our great palace the capacity To camp this host, we all would sup together. Shak. The capacity of the exhausted cylinder. Boyle.