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the Divine Principle of Jesus' teaching and healing. The system was founded by Rev. Mary Baker Glover Eddy, of Concord, N. H., in 1866, and bases its teaching on the Scriptures as understood by its adherents.

oft, slimy, coagulated mass, as of blood; a coagulum. "Clots of pory gore." Addison. Doth bake the egg into clots as if it began to poach. Bacon.

lic purpose; to meet; to assemble. Locke. The Parliament of Scotland now convened. Sir R. Baker. Faint, underneath, the household fowls convene. Thomson.

al. 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 defects. W. Irving.

A cake made of the meal of Indian corn, wrapped in a covering of husks or paper, and baked under the embers. [U.S.] Bartlett.

Earthenware; vessels formed of baked clay, especially the coarser kinds.

Bread baked in a mold, and scooped out, to serve minces upon. Bishop.

Hard or crusty; dry baked; as, a crump loaf. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Hallivell.

Any refuse stuff, as rolls not properly baked.

A mixture of milk and eggs, sweetened, and baked or boiled. Custard apple (Bot.), a low tree or shrub of tropical America, including several species of Anona (A. squamosa, reticulata, etc.), having a roundish or ovate fruit the size of a small orange, containing a soft, yellowish, edible pulp. -- Custard coffin, pastr…

n, proclamation, or publication; explanatory; assertive; declaratory. "Declarative laws." Baker. The "vox populi," so declarative on the same side. Swift.

Deplorable. [Obs.] A more deplorate estate. Baker.

Dejection; despondency; lowness. In a great depression of spirit. Baker.

olloq.] We sat quietly down and discussed a cold fowl that we had brought with us. Sir S. Baker.

Paste of bread; a soft mass of moistened flour or meal, kneaded or unkneaded, but not yet baked; as, to knead dough.

An indefinite small number. Milton. A baker's dozen, thirteen; -- called also a long dozen.

sort of pudding; often, a cover of paste inclosing an apple or other fruit, and boiled or baked; as, an apple dumpling.

Made of earth; made of burnt or baked clay, or other like substances; as, an earthen vessel or pipe.

Vessels and other utensils, ornaments, or the like, made of baked clay. See Crockery, Pottery, Stoneware, and Porcelain.

it lamp. There should certainly be an etna for getting a hot cup of coffee in a hurry. V. Baker.