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ary, but alleges some new matter by way of avoiding the legal effect claimed for them. Mozley & W. Confession of faith, a formulary containing the articles of faith; a creed. -- General confession, the confession of sins made by a number of persons in common, as in public prayer. -- Westminster Confession. See Westmi…

To arrange or dispose in a certain form, figure, or shape. Bentley.

Community of limits; contiguity. [R.] Bailey.

f tastes could have made a marriage happy, that union should have been thrice blessed. Motley.

The common hemlock (Conium maculatum, poison hemlock, spotted hemlock, poison parsley), a roadside weed of Europe, Asia, and America, cultivated in the United States for medicinal purpose. It is an active poison. The leaves and fruit are used in medicine.

f uniting or combining; union; assemblage. [Obs.] Mixtures and conjugations of atoms. Bentley.

The practice of magic; enchantment. Motley.

a business connection; the Methodist connection. Men elevated by powerful connection. Motley. At the head of a strong parliamentary connection. Macaulay. Whose names, forces, connections, and characters were perfectly known to him. Macaulay. In this connection, in connection with this subject.

Nearly, but not exactly, conical. Lindley.

A patching together; patchwork. [Obs.] Bailey.

Agreement; accord. Bentley.

esting in the Conservators of the River Thames the conservancy of the Thames and Isis. Mozley & W.

To be composed or made up; -- followed by of. The land would consist of plains and valleys. T. Burnet.

r pertaining to a consistory. "Consistorial laws." Hooker. "Consistorial courts." Bp. Hoadley.

To be allied, confederated, or associated; to coalescence. [R.] Bentley.

d consummate virtue." Addison. The little band held the post with consummate tenacity. Motley

age; coeval. A grove born with himself he sees, And loves his old contemporary trees. Cowley.

erson of his [George Herbert], which afforded so unusual a contesseration of elegancies. Oley.

the current flows continually. Why do not all animals continually increase in bigness Bentley.

ntractile force. H. Brooke. Each cilium seems to be composed of contractile substance. Hixley. Contractile vacuole (Zoöl.), a pulsating cavity in the interior of a protozoan, supposed to be excretory in function. There may be one, two, or more.