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One of the two principal orders of myriapods. They have numerous segments, each bearing two pairs of small, slender legs, which are attached ventrallly, near together.

ure; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred; as, a cognate language.

The state of being cognate.

Relatives by the mother's side. Wharton.

Relationship by blood; descent from the same original; kindred. As by our cognation to the body of the first Adam. Jer. Taylor.

A person cinnected through cognation.

A genus of Dinosauria found in the Jurassic formation, and remarkable for having several birdlike features.

A consignee. [Obs.] Jenkins.

ing or committing to another person, place, or state. [Obs.] So is despair a certain consignation to eternal ruin. Jer. Taylor.

One of several that jointly sign a written instrument, as a treaty. Fallows.

Joint signature. [R.] Colgrave.

The act or process of framing together, or uniting, as beams in a fabric. Burke.

To strip or remove the wood from; as, to delignate ramie, in the preparation of ribbons of the fiber for further working.

Designated; appointed; chosen. [R.] Sir G. Buck.

The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.

Serving to designate or indicate; pointing out.

One who designates.

Serving to designate; designative; indicating. [R.]

Having the maxillo-palatine bones united; -- applied to a group of carinate birds (Desmognathæ), including various wading and swimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and other kinds.

The act of thinking worthy; honor. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.