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bloody hands; -- said of a person taken in the act of homicide; hence, fresh from the commission of crime; as, he was taken red-hand or red-handed.

The Fathers of the Congregation devote themselves to preaching to the neglected, esp. in missions and retreats, and are forbidden by their rule to engage in the instruction of youth.

ar to an officer; to refer a bill to a committee; a court refers a matter of fact to a commissioner for investigation, or refers a question of law to a superior tribunal.

A lid, stopper, or sliding plate, in a furnace, stove, etc., for regulating the admission of air to the fuel; also, an arrangement containing dampers or shutters, as in the floor or wall of a room or passage, or in a chimney, for admitting or excluding heated air, or for regulating ventilation.

ons of the balance. (b) The governor of a steam engine. (c) A valve for controlling the admission of steam to the steam chest, in a locomotive.

also endemically in Ireland, Russia, and some other regions. It is marked by one or two remissions of the fever, by articular and muscular pains, and by the presence, during the paroxism of spiral bacterium (Spirochæte) in the blood. It is not usually fatal. Called also famine fever, and recurring fever.…

Remission from attention and effort; indulgence in recreation, diversion, or amusement. "Hours of careless relaxation." Macaulay.

Serving or tending to remit, or to secure remission; remissive. "A sacrifice expiatory or remissory." Latimer.

The act of remitting, or the state of being remitted; remission. Disavowing the remitment of Claudius. Milton.

Remitting; characterized by remission; having remissions. Remittent fever (Med.), a fever in which the symptoms temporarily abate at regular intervals, but do not wholly cease. See Malarial fever, under Malarial.

A remission or surrender, -- remittitur damnut being a remission of excess of damages.

. Germanicus was severely reprimanded by Tiberius for traveling into Egypt without his permission. Arbuthnot.

a claim, possession, office, or the like; surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or comission.

With submission.

Interval; intermission. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay. "Without more respite." Chaucer. Some pause and respite only I require. Denham.

The sending back of a commission with the certificate of the commissioners.

Expressing reverence, veneration, devotion, or submission; as, reverent words; reverent behavior. Joye.

on or reversal of a final decree which has been duly signed and enrolled. Wharton. -- Commission of review (Eng. Eccl. Law), a commission formerly granted by the crown to revise the sentence of the court of delegates.

e, as anything granted by a special act; as, , to revoke a will, a license, a grant, a permission, a law, or the like. Shak.