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A tribrach.

One who describes or makes a map of a district or region. "The chorographers of Italy." Sir T. Browne.

The science which treats of the laws of distribution of living organisms over the earth's surface as to latitude, altitude, locality, etc. Its distribution or chorology. Huxley.

A bunch, knot, or rosette of ribbon or other material, used as an ornament in women's dress.

A treatise on Christ; that department of theology which treats of the personality, attributes, or life of Christ.

To bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite with in publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance from the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women.

A knot of silk or ribbon attached to a fan, walking stick, etc. [Obs.]

Pertaining to the Cimbri, an ancient tribe inhabiting Northern Germany. -- n.

A camera for taking chronophotographs for exhibition by the instrument described above.

to canvass by distributing letters. Syn. -- circularize. [WordNet 1.5]

The center of a circle that circumscribes a triangle.

The rotation of a limb round an imaginary axis, so as to describe a concial surface.

Capable of being circumscribed or limited by bounds.

Circumscribing or tending to circumscribe; marcing the limits or form of.

y of being circumstantial; particularity or minuteness of detail. "I will endeavor to describe with sufficient circumstantiality." De Quincey.

A power, attributed to some persons while in a mesmeric state, of discering objects not perceptible by the senses in their normal condition.

A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan of Macdonald. "I have marshaled my clan." Campbell.

A burst of sound; a sudden explosion. Horrible claps of thunder. Hakewill.

ristics, in any classification in natural science, and subdivided into orders, families, tribes, gemera, etc.

To distribute into classes; to arrange according to a system; to arrnge in sets according to some method founded on common properties or characters.