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re which arose in the tenth century, characterized by great massiveness, simplicity, and strength, with the use of the semicircular arch, heavy round columns, and a great variety of ornaments, among which the zigzag and spiral or cable-formed ornaments were prominent.

of animal or vegetable life; food; aliment. The stomach returns what it has received, in strength and nutriment diffused into all parts of the body. South.

of the knowing mind; objective, that which is in the constant nature of the thing known. Trendelenburg. Objective means that which belongs to, or proceeds from, the object known, and not from the subject knowing, and thus denotes what is real, in opposition to that which is ideal -- what exists in nature, in contrast…

bt; hence, to do a favor to; to please; to gratify; to accommodate. Thus man, by his own strength, to heaven would soar, And would not be obliged to God for more. Dryden. The gates before it are brass, and the whole much obliged to Pope Urban VIII. Evelyn. I shall be more obliged to you than I can express. Mrs. E. Mont…

bservance which is overdone, of an unmanly readiness to fall in with the will of another. Trench.

obability. "Preëminent by so much odds." Milton. "The fearful odds of that unequal fray." Trench. The odds Is that we scare are men and you are gods. Shak. There appeared, at least, four to one odds against them. Swift. All the odds between them has been the different s "cope....given to their understandings to range i…

t is called the international ohm. Ohm's law (Elec.), the statement of the fact that the strength or intensity of an electrical current is directly proportional to the electro-motive force, and inversely proportional to the resistance of the circuit.

One of the tertiary colors, composed of violet and green mixed in equal strength and proportion.

To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.

Convenience of situation; fitness. [Obs.] Hull, a town of great strength and opportunity, both to sea and land affairs. Milton.

Having the form of an orb; round. The orbèd eyelids are let down. Trench.

texture, that is, silk twisted like a rope with different strands, so as to increase its strength.

Brightness or strength of color. [R.] E. Waterhouse.

Characterized by fullness, clearness, strength, and smoothness; ringing and musical; -- said of the voice or manner of utterance. -- n.

losed or unexplored tract. Also used figuratively. The great outfield of thought or fact. Trench.

Of or pertaining to an outline; being in, or forming, an outline. Trench.

To overtask. or overtax; to fatigue; to exhaust; as, to overdo one's strength.

To drive too hard, or far, or beyond strength.

To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its strength.

To work beyond the strength; to cause to labor too much or too long; to tire excessively; as, to overwork a horse.