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Cylindrical with alternate swellings and contractions; having the surface covered with rounded prominences.

Any civil wrong or injury; a wrongful act (not involving a breach of contract) for which an action will lie; a form of action, in some parts of the United States, for a wrong or injury. Executor de son tort. See under Executor. -- Tort feasor (Law), a wrongdoer; a trespasser. Wharton.

unt is not quantitatively determined in an analysis;-hence, in stating an analysis, often contracted to tr.

ity, progress, or freedom, as a net or shackle. [They] disdain the trammels of any sordid contract. Jeffrey.

An agreement so made; specifically, an agreement, league, or contract between two or more nations or sovereigns, formally signed by commissioners properly authorized, and solemnly ratified by the several sovereigns, or the supreme power of each state; an agreement between two or more independent states; as, a treaty of…

To contract; to draw together. [Obs.]

A contraction of it was.

A short, spastic contraction of the fibers or muscles; a simple muscular contraction; as, convulsive twitches; a twitch in the side.

Not covenanted; not granted or entered into under a covenant, agreement, or contract. Bp. Horsley.

To bid less than, as when a contract or service is offered to the lowest bidder; to offer to contract, sell, or do for a less price than.

nder obligation, or to enter into stipulations, to perform or to execute; to covenant; to contract. I 'll undertake to land them on our coast. Shak.

One who stipulates or covenants to perform any work for another; a contractor. To sign deputations for undertakes to furnish their proportions of saltpeter. Evelyn. In come some other undertakes, and promise us the same or greater wonders. South.

flowers grow only on one side of a common axis, or are all turned to one side. Unilateral contract (Law), a contract or engagement requiring future action only by one party.

To gather up; to contract; to draw together. [Obs.] Himself he close upgathered more and more. Spenser.

Usurious. [Obs.] "Usurarious contracts." Jer. Taylor. Bp. Hall.

Partaking of usury; containing or involving usury; as, a usurious contract. -- U*su"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- U*su"ri*ous*ness, n.

or a pellucid watery liquid, or some special chemical secretions of the cell protoplasm. Contractile vacuole. (Zoöl.) See under Contractile, and see Illusts. of Infusoria, and Lobosa. -- Food vacuole. (Zoöl.) See under Food, and see Illust. of Infusoria.

A painful spasmodic contraction of the vagina, often rendering copulation impossible.

h renders it supportable in law, or equity; as, the validity of a will; the validity of a contract, claim, or title.

An infective sore mostly on the hands and feet, often contracted in walking on the veldt and apparently due to a specific microörganism.