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Controversal. [Obs.] Boyle.

or associations of several particles of matter into bodies of any certain denomination. Boyle.

converging. As many rays of light, as conveniently can be let in, and made convergent. Boyle. The vast dome of its cathedral . . . directing its convergent curves to heaven. Hallam.

Pertaining to conversation; in the manner of one conversing; as, a conversational style. Thackeray.

e who labors jointly with others to promote the same end. "Coöperators with the truth." Boyle.

The state or quality of being copious; abudance; plenty; also, diffuseness in style. To imitatethe copiousness of Homer. Dryden.

To embody; to form into a body. [Obs.] Boyle.

ali. Aqua fortis corroding copper . . . is wont to reduce it to a green- blue solution. Boyle.

Corrodibility. "Corrosibility . . . answers corrosiveness." Boyle.

ed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct; as, a corruption of style; corruption in language. Corruption of blood (Law), taint or impurity of blood, in consequence of an act of attainder of treason or felony, by which a person is disabled from inheriting any estate or from transmitting it to ot…

lay of light. A very vivid but exceeding short-lived splender, not to call coruscation. Boyle.

eat cost; expensive; dear. He had fitted up his palace in the most costly and sumptuous style, for the accomodation of the princess. Prescott.

Dress in general; esp., the distinctive style of dress of a people, class, or period.

Shaped like a cotyle or a cup.

Having cotyles.

e; to balance. The remaining air was not able to counterbalance the mercurial cylinder. Boyle. The cstudy of mind is necessary to counterbalance and correct the influence of the study of nature. Sir W. Hamilton.

ing that to our exact balance, we put a metalline counterpoise into the opposite scale. Boyle.

The exact opposite. The German prose offers the counterpole to the French style. De Quincey.

dney. "A couple of drops" Adduson. "A couple of miles." Dickens. "A couple of weeks." Carlyle. Adding one to one we have the complex idea of a couple. Locke. [Ziba] met him with a couple of asses saddled. 2 Sam. xvi. 1.

longing to the Scotch Covenanters. Be they covenanting traitors, Or the brood of false Argyle Aytoun.