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To get; to procure; to obtain; to acquire [Obs.] To fill his bags, and richesse to compare. Spenser.

e; to mark out into parts or subdivisions. [R.] The crystal surface is comparted all In niches verged with rubies. Glover.

ribing circles, measuring figures, etc., consisting of two, or (rarely) more, pointed branches, or legs, usually joined at the top by a rivet on which they move.

tary; courteous. [Obs.] Shak. Complemental air (Physiol.), the air (averaging 100 cubic inches) which can be drawn into the lungs in addition to the tidal air, by the deepest possible inspiration. -- Complemental males (Zoöl.), peculiar small males living parasitically on the ordinary hermaphrodite individuals of cert…

-- said of any bearing; or, in the case of a bearing having curved lines, divided into patches of alternate colors following the curve. If there are two rows it is called counter-compony.

nder; as, a compromise of character or right. I was determined not to accept any fine speeches, to the compromise of that sex the belonging to which was, after all, my strongest claim and title to them. Lamb.

A concert for two or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment. Also adjectively; as, concertante parts.

A piece for one or more solo instruments with orchestra; -- more concise than the concerto.

The head violinist or leader of the strings in an orchestra; the sub-leader of the orchestra; concert master.

ements) in which one instrument (or two or three) stands out in bold relief against the orchestra, or accompaniment, so as to display its qualities or the performer's skill.

Affected wit; a conceit. Chesterfield.

One who watches shoals of fish; a balker. See Balker.

The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus.

A meeting of the two branches of a legislature, by their committees, to adjust between them.

The faith and polity of the Congregational churches, taken collectively.

ng above the ankle, and having the sides made in part of some elastic material which stretches to allow the boot to be drawn on and off. [U.S.] -- Congress water, a saline mineral water from the Congress spring at Saratoga, in the State of New York.

A tribe of perching birds, including those which have a strong conical bill, as the finches.

r use in sprinkling the wrestlers, or the wrestling ground itself. Hence, a part of the orchestra of the Greek theater.

or combination of events or circumstances; plight resulting from various conditions. He [Chesterfield] had recently governed Ireland, at a momentous conjuncture, with eminent firmness, wisdom, and humanity. Macaulay.

al power; also, one who performs feats of legerdemain or sleight of hand. Dealing with witches and with conjurers. Shak. From the account the loser brings, The conjurer knows who stole the things. Prior.