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Hence: Any continuous or ramified channel of communication; as, arteries of trade or commerce.

resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness. The freedom and audacity necessary in the commerce of men. Tatler.

A red coloring matter derived from phenol; -- called also, in commerce, yellow coralin.

ation in shallow pits or basins, by the heat of the sun; the large crystalline salt of commerce. Bacon. Ure.

s's bean (Bot.), a species of Strychnos. -- Navy bean, the common dried white bean of commerce; probably so called because an important article of food in the navy. -- Pea bean, a very small and highly esteemed variety of the edible white bean; -- so called from its size. -- Sacred bean. See under Sacred. -- Screw…

other moral tie; as, to bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by affection; commerce binds nations to each other. Who made our laws to bind us, not himself. Milton.

A fine or amercement paid as a composition for the shedding of blood; also, a riot wherein blood was spilled.

ryobalanops camphora), but the natural borneol is rarely found in European or American commerce, being in great request by the Chinese. Called also Borneo camphor, Malay camphor, and camphol.

ough; through the act or agency of; as, a city is destroyed by fire; profit is made by commerce; to take by force.

Belonging to exchanges in commerce; of exchange. [R.]

n exceedingly pungent, biting taste, and when ground form the red of Cayenne pepper of commerce.

, cartilaginous seaweed (Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce. [Also written carragheen, carageen.]

hole; as, the centralization of power in the general government; the centralization of commerce in a city.

dy; an assembly; a society or association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce.

The science of the useful arts, esp. agriculture, manufactures, and commerce. [R.]

n, but larger, and pleasantly aromatic. The thick rind, when candied, is the citron of commerce.

those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve. You shall scarce find any bay o…

ion and lines of precise leveling in the interior. It now belongs to the Department of Commerce and Labor.

of silk spun by the worm just before leaving the larval state. From these the silk of commerce is prepared.

Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relations. "Princely commercial houses." Macaulay. Commercial college, a school for giving instruction in commercial knowledge and business. -- Commercial law. See under Law. -- Commercial n…