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the world or universe; or a treatise relating to the structure and parts of the system of creation, the elements of bodies, the modifications of material things, the laws of motion, and the order and course of nature.

harmony; polyphonic music. See Polyphony. Counterpoint, an invention equivalent to a new creation of music. Whewell.

A boy or man of any age or station. [Slang] There's a gentry cove here. Wit's Recreations (1654). Now, look to it, coves, that all the beef and drink Be not filched from us. Mrs. Browning.

Having the power to create; exerting the act of creation. "Creative talent." W. Irving. The creative force exists in the germ. Whewell.

, A mysterious, terrible, and evil divinity, regarded by some as the author of creation, by others as a great magician who was supposed to command the spirits of the lower world. See Gorgon. Orcus and Ades, and the dreaded name Of Demogorgon. Milton.

on of an inventive or decorative plan; esp., a work of decorative art considered as a new creation; conception or plan shown in completed work; as, this carved panel is a fine design, or of a fine design.

Diversion; amusement; recreation. [R.]

Creation; a doing. [R.] Sir M. Hale.

t; a point of time marked by an event of great subsequent influence; as, the epoch of the creation; the birth of Christ was the epoch which gave rise to the Christian era. In divers ages, . . . divers epochs of time were used. Usher. Great epochs and crises in the kingdom of God. Trench. The acquittal of the bishops wa…

A journey chiefly for recreation; a pleasure trip; a brief tour; as, an excursion into the country.

ice; whim; impression. I have always had a fancy that learning might be made a play and recreation to children. Locke.

The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; -- called also flushing.

A contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules, for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake; as, a game of chance; games of skill; field games, etc. But war's a game, which, were their subject wise, Kings would not play at. Cowper.

The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals.

Testament; -- so called by the Greek translators, from its containing the history of the creation of the world and of the human race.

Generation; procreation; birth. Dryden.

The history of the six day's work of creation, as contained in the first chapter of Genesis.

tions, by combining the parts of different ones together, so as to form new wholes of our creation. I shall employ the word imagination to express this power. Stewart.

Wanting the power of procreation; unable to copulate; also, sometimes, sterile; barren.

being incinerated; cremation. The phenix kind, Of whose incineration, There riseth a new creation. Skelton.