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To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append. Corrections . . . should be, as remarks, adjoined by way of note. Watts.

Supplying amendment; corrective; emendatory. Bancroft.

An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.

An instrument by which a correct engraving of any embossed object, such as a medal or cameo, can be executed. Brande & C.

of England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest. It is quite correct to call Æthelstan "King of the Anglo-Saxons," but to call this or that subject of Æthelstan "an Anglo-Saxon" is simply nonsense. E. A. Freeman.

Corrective of acrimony of the humors.

ess, and thus distinguished from supplement, which is intended to supply deficiencies and correct inaccuracies.

Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values. Approximate quantities (Math.), those which are nearly, but not, equal.

An approach to a correct estimate, calculation, or conception, or to a given quantity, quality, etc.

Rightly; correctly; in a right way or form; without mistake or crime; as, to worship God aright.

The quality of being authentic or of established authority for truth and correctness.

redit balances footing up equally, if the system of accounts be complete and the balances correctly taken. -- Balance thermometer, a thermometer mounted as a balance so that the movement of the mercurial column changes the indication of the tube. With the aid of electrical or mechanical devices adapted to it, it is us…

Not classical or correct. "Base Latin." Fuller.

Most advanced; most correct or complete; as, the best scholar; the best view of a subject.

More correctly or thoroughly. The better to understand the extent of our knowledge. Locke.

An appliance resembling a small boot furnished with straps, buckles, etc., used to correct or prevent distortions in the lower extremities of children. Dunglison.

A scolding bridle, an instrument formerly used for correcting scolding women. It was an iron frame surrounding the head and having a triangular piece entering the mouth of the scold.

A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse.

A silvered aromatic pill, used to correct the odor of the breath.

Incorrect or bad writing or spelling. Walpole.