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activity, or effect. Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on without impediment. Shak. Impediment in speech, a defect which prevents distinct utterance.

Things which impede or hinder progress; incumbrances; baggage; specif. (Mil.),

Of the nature of an impediment; hindering; obstructing; impeditive. Things so impediental to success. G. H. Lewes.

Attention; consideration; knowledge; understanding. [Obs.] Spenser.

Dimetric.

Originally, in classical architecture, the triangular space forming the gable of a simple roof; hence, a similar form used as a decoration over porticoes, doors, windows, etc.; also, a rounded or broken frontal having a similar position and use. See Temple.

Of or pertaining to a pediment.

opment; an unfinished beginning. but I will bring thee where thou soon shalt quit Those rudiments, and see before thine eyes The monarchies of the earth. Milton. the single leaf is the rudiment of beauty in landscape. I. Taylor.

Rudimentary. Addison.

Of or pertaining to rudiments; consisting in first principles; elementary; initial; as, rudimental essays.

The material of which sedimentary rocks are formed.

Sedimentary.

Of or pertaining to sediment; formed by sediment; containing matter that has subsided. Sedimentary rocks. (Geol.) See Aqueous rocks, under Aqueous.

The act of depositing a sediment; specifically (Geol.), the deposition of the material of which sedimentary rocks are formed.

A horizontal graduated bar mounted on a staff, used as a stadium, or telemeter, for measuring distances.

Having three dimensions; extended in three different directions.

Having but one dimension. See Dimension.

The simplest rudiments of any subject; as, the A B C of finance. A B C book, a primer. Shak.

Pertaining to, or formed by, the letters of the alphabet; alphabetic; hence, rudimentary. Abecedarian psalms, hymns, etc., compositions in which (like the 119th psalm in Hebrew) distinct portions or verses commence with successive letters of the alphabet. Hook.

A primer; the first principle or rudiment of anything. [R.] Fuller.