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Servile imitation or repetition. [R.] Coleridge. "The supine parrotry." Fitzed. Hall.

An equal constituent portion; one of several or many like quantities, numbers, etc., into which anything is divided, or of which it is composed; proportional division or ingredient. An homer is the tenth part of an ephah. Ex. xvi. 36. A thought which, quartered, hath but one part wisdom, And ever three parts coward. Sh…

Admitting of being parted; divisible; separable; susceptible of severance or partition; as, an estate of inheritance may be partible. "Make the molds partible." Bacon.

paragraph in writing. He writes with warmth, which usually neglects method, and those partitions and pauses which men educated in schools observe. Locke.

by carrying around from customer to customer; to hawk; hence, to retail in very small quantities; as, to peddle vegetables or tinware.

flowers, which, being naturally irregular, have become regular through a symmetrical repetition of the special irregularity.

ng so as to form a six-pointed star, -- used in early ornamental art, and also with superstitious import by the astrologers and mystics of the Middle Ages.

The connective tissue sheath which surrounds a muscle, and sends partitions inwards between the bundles of muscular fibers.

sionally by fusion of several originally distinct persons. Encyc. Brit. Artificial, or Fictitious, person (Law), a corporation or body politic. blackstone. -- Natural person (Law), a man, woman, or child, in distinction from a corporation. -- In person, by one's self; with bodily presence; not by representative. "The…

To assume the character of; to represent by a fictitious appearance; to act the part of; hence, to counterfeit; to feign; as, he tried to personate his brother; a personated devotion. Hammond.

Petitioning; soliciting; supplicating. Sir W. Hamilton. Petitory suit or action (Admiralty Law), a suit in which the mere title to property is litigated and sought to be enforced, as distinguished from a possessory suit; also (Scots Law), a suit wherein the plaintiff claims something as due him by the defendant. Burril…

One of the compartments in a church which are separated by low partitions, and have long seats upon which several persons may sit; - - sometimes called slip. Pews were originally made square, but are now usually long and narrow.

ll flavored, but contain a drastic oil which renders them dangerous if eaten in large quantities.

One of the parts which by their repetition make up a flowering plant, each being a single joint of a stem with its leaf or leaves; a phytomer.

To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practice petty theft.

in the middle, and usually graduated, -- used for transferring or delivering measured quantities.

ime, water, and sand, with or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. See Mortar.

ns required for the complete expression of the relations which exist between a set of quantities. Brande & C.

A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like.

ally in each case according to the position intended; as, the equinoctial points; the solstitial points; the nodal points; vertical points, etc. See Equinoctial Nodal.