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The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or ruler, considered collectively; as, the navy of Italy.

A collective term for cravats, collars, etc. [Colloq. or trade name]

An account of deaths, or of the dead; a register of deaths; a collection of obituary notices.

A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.

A room where news is collected and disseminated, or periodicals sold; a reading room supplied with newspapers, magazines, etc.

A collection of nests. [R.] velyn.

The nobility; persons of noble rank collectively, including males and females. Dryden.

nellifera), originally Mexican, on which the cochineal insect feeds, and from which it is collected. The name is sometimes given to other species of Cactaceæ.

ion. The extravagant notion they entertain of themselves. Addison. A perverse will easily collects together a system of notions to justify itself in its obliquity. J. H. Newman.

The number of nine units; nine, collectively.

of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage made up of distinct things expressible by figures.

Belonging to a certain number; counting as one of a collection or body. A supernumerary canon, when he obtains a prebend, becomes a numerary canon. Ayliffe.

A collection of eight books; especially, the first eight books of the Old Testament. [R.]

That which is odd; as, a collection of oddities.

The Scripture sentences said or sung during the collection of the offerings.

The company or corporation, or persons collectively, whose place of business is in an office; as, I have notified the office.

A collection of miscellaneous pieces.

Any incongruous mixture or miscellaneous collection; an olio. B. Jonson.

A miscellaneous collection of things or persons; a confused mixture; a medley. [Colloq. & Humorous] Selden.

A collection of names and terms; a dictionary; specif., a collection of Greek names, with explanatory notes, made by Julius Pollux about A.D.180.