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f the heads or points of a law argument. It was not without some reference to it that I perused many a brief. Sir J. Stephen.

A poem set to music; a musical composition comprising choruses, solos, interludes, etc., arranged in a somewhat dramatic manner; originally, a composition for a single noise, consisting of both recitative and melody.

der; esp. one who provided at his own expense and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical contents at Athens.

To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously. Fixedly did look Upon the muddy waters which he conned As if he had been reading in a book. Wodsworth. I did not come into Parliament to con my lesson. Burke. To con answer, to be able to answer. [Obs.] -- To con thanks, to thank…

A crucible or melting pot; a cruset. Crabb.

See Cruse, a small bottle.

us analogies. Mocaulay. Many a quaint and curiousvolume of forgotten lore. E. A. Poe. Abstruse investigations in recondite branches of learning or sciense often bring to light curious results. C. J. Smith. Curious arts, magic. [Obs.] Many . . . which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them. Acts…

lag officer, the commander of a fleet or squadron; an admiral, or commodore. -- Flag of truse, a white flag carried or displayed to an enemy, as an invitation to conference, or for the purpose of making some communication not hostile. -- Flag share, the flag officer's share of prize money. -- Flag station (Railroad)…

le; to refer to; to cite; as, to instance a fact. H. Spenser. I shall not instance an abstruse author. Milton.

ion in retirement; hence (loosely) any literary composition. Thy lucubrations have been perused by several of our friends. Tatler.

consequence; weight or value; consideration. Matters of great moment. Shak. It is an abstruse speculation, but also of far less moment and consequence of us than the others. Bentley.

Not easily understood; not clear or legible; abstruse or blind; as, an obscure passage or inscription.

ms an essential part; a drama wholly or mostly sung, consisting of recitative, arials, choruses, duets, trios, etc., with orchestral accompaniment, preludes, and interludes, together with appropriate costumes, scenery, and action; a lyric drama.

errative, or great divine event, elaborately set to music, in recitative, arias, grand choruses, etc., to be sung with an orchestral accompaniment, but without action, scenery, or costume, although the oratorio grew out of the Mysteries and the Miracle and Passion plays, which were acted.

To read over, or peruse. Shak.

A suborder of aquatic carnivorous mammals including the seals and walruses; -- opposed to Fissipedia.

Suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain. Homilies are plain popular instructions. Hooker.

sense of, as of language, by interpreting the characters with which it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book. Redeth [read ye] the great poet of Itaille. Chaucer. Well could he rede a lesson or…

Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses of science. I. Watts.

Hidden from the mental or intellectual view; secret; abstruse; as, recondite causes of things.