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A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy. Imperfect cadence. (Mus.) See under Imperfect.

An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as the cage of a staircase. Gwilt.

e surface of most corals. Each is formed by a polyp. (b) One of the cuplike structures inclosing the zooids of certain hydroids. See Campanularian. [Written also calycle. See Calycle.]

A metallic seal or cover for closing a bottle,

elt or strap, for holding cartridges. -- Cartridge paper. (a) A thick stout paper for inclosing cartridges. (b) A rough tinted paper used for covering walls, and also for making drawings upon.

An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case.

The act or process of inclosing in, or covering with, a case or thin substance, as plaster, boards, etc.

The closing subdivision of the Devonian age in America. The rocks of this period are well developed in the Catskill mountains, and extend south and west under the Carboniferous formation. See the Diagram under Geology.

Having a movable joint or finger closing againts a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be ised for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike.

Surrounding; inclosing or being on all sides; encompassing. "The circumambient heaven." J. Armstrong.

Act of inclosing on all sides. [R.]

A flowing round on all sides; an inclosing with a fluid.

The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink.

A sheath in the embryo of grasses, inclosing the caulicle. Gray.

Free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes, prejudice, etc.; as, colorless music; a colorless style; definitions should be colorless.

An inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within the compass of an encircling wall.

The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution. Auricular confession . . . or the private and special confession of sins to a priest for the purpose of obtaining his absolution. Hallam.

t or ause to shrink. Such things as constrict the fibers. Arbuthnot. Membranous organs inclosing a cavity which their contraction constrict. Todd & Bowman.

A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor.

shore by a broad belt of water; atolls, when they constitute separate islands, usually inclosing a lagoon. See Atoll. -- Coral root (Bot.), a genus (Corallorhiza) of orchideous plants, of a yellowish or brownish red color, parasitic on roots of other plants, and having curious jointed or knotted roots not unlike some…