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with permission to superscribe what conditions he pleases. Hence: Unconditional terms; unlimited authority.

ap representing the surface of the moon. -- Topographic chart, a minute delineation of a limited place or region.

hibits the characteristics of a very young person, as innocence, obedience, trustfulness, limited understanding, etc. When I was child. I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 1. Cor. xii. 11.

Capable of being circumscribed or limited by bounds.

The act of limiting, or the state of being limited, by conditions or restraints; bound; confinement; limit. The circumscriptions of terrestrial nature. Johnson. I would not my unhoused, free condition Put into circumscription and confine. Shak.

In a limited manner.

In a literal, limited, or narrow manner. [R.] Milton.

Of or pertaining to a climate; depending on, or limited by, a climate.

ndependent state, and the national government a confederation of such states, having only limited powers. It is advocated by advanced French republicans; but it should not be confounded with communism.

neral conception; a notion; a universal. The words conception, concept, notion, should be limited to the thought of what can not be represented in the imagination; as, the thought suggested by a general term. Sir W. Hamilton.

The quality of being conditional, or limited; limitation by certain terms.

Capable of being confined, restricted, or limited. Not confinable to any limits. Bp. Hall.

The district to which a constable's power is limited. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest. Having food rainment, let us be therewith content. 1 Tim. vi. 8.

A sleeping place of limited size; a little bed; a cradle; a piece of canvas extended by a frame, used as a bed. [Written also cott.]

n, York, Bristol, etc. [Eng.] Mozley & W. -- County court, a court whose jurisdiction is limited to county. -- County palatine, a county distingushed by particular privileges; -- so called a palatio (from the palace), because the owner had originally royal powers, or the same powers, in the administration of justice,…

nd lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc.; -- so called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the neck…

; as, to buy goods on credit. Credit is nothing but the expectation of money, within some limited time. Locke.

One who has the cure souls; originally, any clergyman, but now usually limited to one who assist a rector or vicar Hook. All this the good old man performed alone, He spared no pains, for curate he had none. Dryden.

toms, those which extend over a state or kingdom. -- Particular customs, those which are limited to a city or district; as, the customs of London.