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Of or pertaining to a president; as, the presidential chair; a presidential election.

t the ordinary image produced by double refraction is thrown out of the field by total reflection from the internal cemented surface, and the extraordinary, or polarized, image alone is transmitted.

A hymn, or other selection, sung during a church procession; as, the processional was the 202d hymn.

demanding direct primaries, preferential primaries for presidential nominations, direct election of United States senators, women's suffrage, and recall of judicial decisions in certain cases.

Of or pertaining to the first canon, or that which contains the authorized collection of the books of Scripture; -- opposed to deutero-canonical.

"The ticket or list of candidates at elections, presented to the people for their votes." [Rhode Island] Bartlett.

t, practice, or art of singing psalms or sacred songs; also, psalms collectively, or a collection of psalms.

Genesis through an internal force, as opposed to natural selection.

A fold; a wrinkle; a collection of folds.

A collection or combination of four of a kind.

A collection or combination of five of a kind.

A collection of twenty-four sheets of paper of the same size and quality, unfolded or having a single fold; one twentieth of a ream.

A place where rabbits are kept; especially, a collection of hutches for tame rabbits.

A collection of logs, boards, pieces of timber, or the like, fastened, together, either for their own collective conveyance on the water, or to serve as a support in conveying other things; a float.

um, and formed in the part of the hemisphere opposite to the sun by the refraction and reflection of the sun's rays in drops of falling rain.

A small settlement or collection of ranchos, or rude huts, esp. for Indians. [Sp. Amer. & Southern U. S.]

Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as, rash words; rash measures.

A book containing a selection of extracts for exercises in reading; an elementary book for practice in a language; a reading book.

A lecture or prelection; public recital. The Jews had their weekly readings of the law. Hooker.

itted to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from recollection; to rehearse; as, to recite the words of an author, or of a deed or covenant.