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A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter.

is distinction from standing rigging. -- Running title (Print.), the title of a book or chapter continued from page to page on the upper margin.

A distinct part or portion of a book or writing; a subdivision of a chapter; the division of a law or other writing; a paragraph; an article; hence, the character §, often used to denote such a division. It is hardly possible to give a distinct view of his several arguments in distinct sections. Locke.…

ne in reading; to skip a lesson. They who have a mind to see the issue may skip these two chapters. Bp. Burnet.

A narrow passage between two buildings, as between the transept and chapter house of a monastery. [Eng.]

One of the sections or chapters of the Koran, which are one hundred and fourteen in number.

A table. [Obs.] Tablements and chapters of pillars. Holland.

A section or division of a subject, as of a law, a book, specif. (Roman & Canon Laws), a chapter or division of a law book.

Silly talk; gabble; fustian. I have put in this chapter on fighting . . . because of the cant and twaddle that's talked of boxing and fighting with fists now-a-days. T. Hughes.

A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position; hence, by extension, any small picture in a book; hence, also, as such pictures are often without a definite bounding line, any picture, as an engraving, a photogr…