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To declare prohibited; to forbid. [Obs.] The law severly contrabands Our taking business of men's hands. Hudibras.

rform work on a rather large scale, at a certain price or rate, as in building houses or making a railroad.

The act of grinding or ribbing to powder; attrition; friction; rubbing. [Obs.] The breaking of their parts into less parts by contrition. Sir I. Newton.

To bruise; to injure or disorganize a part without breaking the skin. Contused wound, a wound attended with bruising.

e specific object, -- civil, social, political, or ecclesiastical. He set himself to the making of good laws in a grand convention of his nobles. Sir R. Baker. A convention of delegates from all the States, to meet in Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of reserving the federal system, and correcting its def…

The act of making conventional.

which, after a conclusion from something supposed has been drawn, the order is inverted, making the conclusion the supposition or premises, what was first supposed becoming now the conclusion or inference. Thus, if two sides of a sides of a triangle are equal, the angles opposite the sides are equal; and the converse i…

Any violent and irregular motion or agitation; a violent shaking; a tumult; a commotion. Those two massy pillars, With horrible convulsion, to and fro He tugged, he shook, till down they came. Milton. Times of violence and convulsion. Ames.

To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat.

omething that dashes hopes. [Obs.] -- Cooling time (Law), such a lapse of time as ought, taking all the circumstances of the case in view, to produce a subsiding of passion previously provoked. Wharton.

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

æa Courbaril), and dug from earth where forests have stood in Africa; -- used chiefly in making varnishes. Ur

the state of being copartners in any undertaking. [R.]

iol, or sulphate of iron; a green crystalline substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeing black, as a tonic in medicine, etc. It is made on a large scale by the oxidation of iron pyrites. Called also ferrous sulphate.

Containing, or partaking of the nature of, copper; like copper; as, a copperish taste.

From Copy, v. Copying ink. See under Ink. -- Copying paper, thin unsized paper used for taking copies of letters, etc., in a copying press. -- Copying press, a machine for taking by pressure, an exact copy of letters, etc., written in copying ink.

A small loop or bow of ribbon used in making hats, boas, etc.

Like coral, or partaking of its qualities.

in, guncotton, and mineral jelly, and used by the British army and in other services. In making it the ingredients are mixed into a paste with the addition of acetone and pressed out into cords (of various diameters) resembling brown twine, which are dried and cut to length. A variety containing less nitroglycerin tha…

The charge made by innkeepers for drawing the cork and taking care of bottles of wine bought elsewhere by a guest.