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hing is to be measured; standard. He that despairs measures Providence by his own little, contracted model. South.

The first public examinations for degrees at the University of Oxford; -- usually contracted to mods.

by which we obtain knowledge of the condition of our muscles and to what extent they are contracted, also of the position of the various parts of our bodies and the resistance offering by external objects.

Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a narrow mind; narrow views. "A narrow understanding." Macaulay.

Without much extent; contractedly.

y marriage of a Roman Catholic, or of a person who has ever been a Roman Catholic, if not contracted before a duty qualified priest (or the bishop of the diocese) and at least two witnesses. The decree was issued Aug. 2, 1907, and took effect on Easter Apr. 19, 1908. The decree by its terms does not affect mixed marria…

Metalloidal; nonmetallic; -- contracted with positive or basic; as, the nitro group is negative.

Not drawn together, closed, or contracted; extended; expanded; as, an open hand; open arms; an open flower; an open prospect. Each, with open arms, embraced her chosen knight. Dryden.

In the next month after the present; -- often contracted to prox.; as, on the 3d proximo.

ye. See the Note under Eye, and Iris. Pin-hole pupil (Med.), the pupil of the eye when so contracted (as it sometimes is in typhus, or opium poisoning) as to resemble a pin hole. Dunglison.

stone. Purchase criminal, robbery. [Obs.] Spenser. -- Purchase money, the money paid, or contracted to be paid, for anything bought. Berkeley. -- Worth, or At, [so many] years' purchase, a phrase by which the value or cost of a thing is expressed in the length of time required for the income to amount to the purchasi…

3d pers. sing. pres. of Put, contracted from putteth. Chaucer.

ing the cold, it be condensed into clouds, and descends in drops. Ray. Fair days have oft contracted wind and rain. Milton.

entrating the mind; concentration; self-control. [Archaic] From such an education Charles contracted habits of gravity and recollection. Robertson.

n unseemly expression made in the presence of a priest or clergyman. -- Sir reverence, a contracted form of Save your reverence. Such a one as a man may not speak of, without he say. "Sir reverence." Shak. -- To do reverence, to show reverence or honor; to perform an act of reverence. Now lies he there, And none so po…

The apartment, in a church or temple, where the vestments, etc., are kept; -- now contracted into vestry.

3d pers. sing. pres. of Rise, contracted from riseth. Chaucer.

3d pers. ssing. pres. of Ride, contracted from rideth. Chaucer.

ming up. -- The shorts (Stock Exchange), those who are unsupplied with stocks which they contracted to deliver.

Inclosing an extended space; having large or ample room; not contracted or narrow; capacious; roomy; as, spacious bounds; a spacious church; a spacious hall. -- Spa"cious*ly, adv. -- Spa"cious*ness, n.