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To estamate; to think; to regard; to view. Considered as plays, his works are absurd. Macaulay.

oncurrence; conjunction; combination; association; union. "By Heaven's consort." Fuller. "Working in consort." Hare. Take it singly, and is carries an air of levity; but, in consort with the rest, has a meaning quite different. Atterbury.

A religious or either sex devoted to prayer and meditation, rather than to active works of charity.

contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy. So will I in England work your grace's full content. Shak.

A framework or fabric, as of beams. Sir H. Wotton.

One who, or that which, continues; esp., one who continues a series or a work; a continuer. Sir T. Browne.

The outline of a horizontal section of the ground, or of works of fortification. Contour feathers (Zoöl.), those feathers that form the general covering of a bird. -- Contour of ground (Surv.), the outline of the surface of ground with respect to its undulation, etc. -- Contour line (Topographical Suv.), the line in…

ce per day to contractors who are allowed to have agents in the prison to superintend the work.

one who covenants to do anything for another; specifically, one who contracts to perform work on a rather large scale, at a certain price or rate, as in building houses or making a railroad.

Consistent; accordant; suitable; proper; as, convenable remedies. [Obs.] With his wod his work is convenable. Spenser.

he fallacy of. [Obs.] God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. Bacon.

To work upon in the manner of a cooper. [Obs.] "Shaken tubs . . . be new cooped." Holland.

To do the work of a cooper upon; as, to cooper a cask or barrel.

Work done by a cooper.

Work done by a cooper in making or repairing barrels, casks, etc.; the business of a cooper.

One whose occupation is to manufacture copper utensils; a worker in copper.

An imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work; as, a copy of a letter, an engraving, a painting, or a statue. I have not the vanity to think my copy equal to the original. Denham.

f an author or his assignee, under statute, to print and publish his literary or artistic work, exclusively of all other persons. This right may be had in maps, charts, engravings, plays, and musical compositions, as well as in books.

Corbel work or the construction of corbels; a series of corbels or piece of continuous corbeled masonry, sometimes of decorative purpose, as in the stalactite ornament of the Moslems.

A worker in cordwain, or cordovan leather; a shoemaker. [Archaic.]