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A species of medal or medallion of bronze, having a deep furrow on the contour or edge; -- supposed to have been struck in the days of Constantine and his successors. R. S. Poole.

e and approach nearer together. I converge its rays to a focus of dazzling brilliancy. Tyndall.

The stop which connects the manuals, or the manuals with the pedals; -- called also coupler.

Corpuscular. Tyndall.

statement. The due correction of swearing, rioting, neglect of God's word, and other scandalouss vices. Strype.

A feudal prerogative of the lord of the soil entitling him to lodging and food at his tenant's house. Burrill. Sometimes he contrived, in deflance of the law, to live by coshering, that is to say, by quartering himself on the old tentants of his family, who, wretched as was their own condition, could not refuse a porti…

mos or universe; inconceivably great; vast; as, cosmic speed. "Cosmic ranges of time." Tyndall.

To quote. [Obs.] Udall.

o attest the standard quality of the gold or silver; a mark added to an ancient coin or medal, to show either its change of value or that it was taken from an enemy.

r of an organ, a contrivance by which any two or more of the ranks of keys, or keys and pedals, are connected so as to act together when the organ is played.

To inspire with courage. [Obs.] Paul writeth unto Timothy . . . to courage him. Tyndale.

ompliment; flattery. No solace could her paramour intreat Her once to show, ne court, nor dalliance. Spenser. I went to make my court to the Dike and Duches of Newcastle. Evelyn.

fident; opinionated. He who was, a little before, bedrid, . . . was now crank and lusty. Udall. If you strong electioners did not think you were among the elect, you would not be so crank about it. Mrs. Stowe.

Crinoidal. -- n.

ould as soon expect to see a critique on the poesy of a ring as on the inscription of a medal. Addison.

thus, the Cross of the British Order of St. George and St. Michael consist of a central medallion with seven arms radiating from it.

A class of Coelenterata, commonly ellipsoidal in shape, swimming by means of eight longitudinal rows of paddles. The separate paddles somewhat resemble combs.

One of the carpal bones usually articulating wich the ulna; -- called also pyramidal and ulnare.

The court of a sovereign or of a feudal lord; also; his residence or his household. Burrill.

The title of the feudal nobles of Japan.daimyo The daimios, or territorial nobles, resided in Yedo and were divided into four classes. Am. Cyc.