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of the brain for the diagnosis of diseas; esp., the act or process of diagnosticating the condition of the brain by examination of the interior of the eye (as with an ophthalmoscope). Buck.

of acts, often of a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of important matters, as in the performance of religious duties, the transaction of affairs of state, and the celebration of notable events; as, the ceremony of crowning a sovereign; the ceremonies observed in consecrating…

The quality, state, or condition, of being certain. The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes. Fisher Ames.

given by statute to recover lands when the tenant has for two years failed to perform the conditions of his tenure.

An abbreviation for Centimeter, Gram, Second. -- applied to a system of units much empoyed in physical science, based upon the centimeter as the unit of length, the gram as the unit of weight or mass, and the second as the unit of time.

ing that befalls, as the result of unknown or unconsidered forces; the issue of uncertain conditions; an event not calculated upon; an unexpected occurrence; a happening; accident; fortuity; casualty. It was a chance that happened to us. 1 Sam. vi. 9. The Knave of Diamonds tries his wily arts, And wins (O shameful chan…

upon those thousands with whom thou wouldst not, for any interest, change thy fortune and condition. Jer. Taylor.

The confused, unorganized condition or mass of matter before the creation of distinct and order forms.

Any person (clergyman or layman) chosen to conduct religious exercises for a society, etc.; as, a chaplain of a Masonic or a temperance lodge.

Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty; as, in the miserable character of a slave; in his character as a magistrate; her character as a daughter.

The act or condition of holding chattels; the state of being a chattel.

A seller of low-priced or second goods; a hawker.

A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check. Which gave a remarkable check to the first progress of Christianity. Addison. No check, no stay, this streamlet fears. Wordsworth.

cow of enormous size, whose food was patient wives, and which was therefore in very lean condition.

The state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty. I have walked before you from my childhood. 1. Sam. xii. 2.

One who believes in the second coming of Christ to reign on earth a thousand years; a milllenarian.

Chinese conduct, art, decoration, or the like; also, a specimen of Chinese manners, art, decoration, etc.

A tenure of lands by knight's service; that is, by the condition of a knight's performing service on horseback, or of performing some noble or military service to his lord.

A morbid condition of the system resulting from excessive use of chloral.

A colorless gas, CH3Cl, of a sweet odor, easily condensed to a liquid; -- called also methyl chloride.