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mmutation. He . . . thinks it unlawful to commute, and that he is bound to pay his vow in kind. Jer. Taylor.

otism. She [Britain] rears to freedom an undaunted race, Compatriot, zealous, hospitable, kind. Thomson.

but shall be the subject of compensation. Compensation balance, or Compensated balance, a kind of balance wheel for a timepiece. The rim is usually made of two different expansibility under changes of temperature, so arranged as to counteract each other and preserve uniformity of movement. -- Compensation pendulum. Se…

The manifestation of contentment or satisfaction; good nature; kindness; civility; affability. Complacency, and truth, and manly sweetness, Dwell ever on his tongue, and smooth his thoughts. Addison. With mean complacence ne'er betray your trust. Pope.

Self-satisfied; contented; kindly; as, a complacent temper; a complacent smile. They look up with a sort of complacent awe . . . to kings. Burke.

ysis ought ever to precede the method of composition. Sir I. Newton. Composition cloth, a kind of clotch covered with a preparation making it waterproof. -- Composition deed, an agreement for composition between a debtor and several creditors. -- Composition plane (Crystallog.), the plane by which the two individuals…

A kind of steward or agent. [China] S. W. Williams

The power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical. Of conation, in other words, of desire and will. J. S. Mill.

A place of hiding; a secret place; a retreat frem observation. The cleft tree Offers its kind concealment to a few. Thomson.

or care for, any person or thing; regard; solicitude; anxiety. O Marcia, let me hope thy kind concerns And gentle wishes follow me to beattle. {\*\bkmkstart last}\error \*\bkmkend last}Addison.

A kind of spiral curve found in certain univalve shells. Agassiz.

, under each element, so that the body and blood are both received by comunication in one kind only.

A kind of buggy having a body with low sides, and side springs.

rallel cones, each made up of many concentric cones closely packed together; -- said of a kind of structure sometimes observed in sedimentary rocks.

A kind of large broad-wheeled wagon, usually covered, for traveling in soft soil and on prairies.

A thing of the same genus, species, or kind; a thing allied in nature, character, or action.

Partaking of the same nature; allied by natural characteristics; kindred; sympathetic.

A peculiar kind of reproductive cell found in certain fungi, and often containing zoöspores.

To unite in a kind of sexual union, as two or more cells or individuals among the more simple plants and animals.

A kind of sexual union; -- applied to a blending of the contents of two or more cells or individuals in some plants and lower animals, by which new spores or germs are developed.