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To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural effet; as, a constrained voice.

ngement and union of the constituent parts of a thing; a weaving together of parts; structural character of a thing; system; constitution; texture. That wonderful contexture of all created beings. Dryden. He was not of any delicate contexture; his limbs rather sturdy than dainty. Sir H. Wotton.

A question to which only a conjectural answer can be made. Do you think life is long enough to let me speculate on conundrums like that W. Black.

face or curved line when viewed from without, in opposition to concave. Drops of water naturally form themselves into figures with a convex surface. Whewell. Double convex, convex on both sides; convexo-convex.

An unnatural, violent, and unvoluntary contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body.

m (k; pl. Corpora callosa (-s Etym: [NL., callous body] (Anat.), the great band of commissural fibers uniting the cerebral hemispheries. See Brain. -- Corpus Christi (kr Etym: [L., body of Christ] (R. C. Ch.), a festival in honor of the eucharist, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday. -- Corpus Christi cloth…

ch other; to connect together by the disclosure of a mutual relation; as, to correlate natural phenomens. Darwin.

An unnatural retention of the fecal matter of the bowels; constipation.

To conceal; to include or involve darkly. There is all this, and more, that lies naturally couched under this allegory. L'Estrange.

were well grounded." Clarendon. -- To keep the countenance, to preserve a composed or natural look, undisturbed by passion or emotion. Swift.

An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age.

To give a rural appearance to; to cause to appear rustic. Lamb.

Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town. As they walked, on their way into the country. Mark xvi. 12 (Rev. Ver. ). God made the covatry, and man made the town. Cowper. Only very great men were in the habit of dividing the year between town and country. Macualay.

A particular rural district; a country neighborhood. [Eng.] W. Black. Blackmore.

Customary or established sequence of evants; re currence of events according to natural laws. By course of nature and of law. Davies. Day and night, Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, Shall hold their course. Milton.

White or pale, as the effect of fear, or as the natural complexion. Thou cream-faced loon. Shak.

arallel to the bowling crease and at least as long as the latter. J. H. Walsh (Encyc. of Rural Sports).

basic in its properties, formed from the latter by the action of acids, and occurring naturally in muscle tissue and in urine. [Written also kretinine.]

Creatural; characteristic of a creature. [R.] "Creaturely faculties." Cheyne.

A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc. Darwin. [Attack] his rising crest, and drive the serpent back. C. Pitt.