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One versed in orthography; one who spells words correctly.

One who spells words correctly; an orthographer.

To spell correctly or according to usage; to correct in regard to spelling. In the coalesced into ith, which modern reaction has orthographized to i' th'. Earle.

The part of grammar which treats of the letters, and of the art of spelling words correctly.

The art or practice of constructing verses correctly; the laws of correct versification.

ng of four combinations, according to the place of the long syllable. [Written also, less correctly, pæan.]

ings, on the same, or on a reduced or an enlarged, scale. [Written also pantagraph, and incorrectly pentagraph.] Skew pantograph, a kind of pantograph for drawing a copy which is inclined with respect to the original figure; -- also called plagiograph.

A crayon made of a paste composed of a color ground with gum water. [Sometimes incorrectly written pastil.] "Charming heads in pastel." W. Black.

That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.

with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn to pronounce a foreign language correctly.

aturally essential to it; an attribute; as, sweetness is a property of sugar. Property is correctly a synonym for peculiar quality; but it is frequently used as coextensive with quality in general. Sir W. Hamilton.

More properly; more correctly speaking. This is an art Which does mend nature, change it rather, but The art itself is nature. Shak.

Well placed, disposed, or adjusted; orderly; well regulated; correctly done.

According to truth or fact; correctly; not erroneously; exactly. "I can not rightly say." Shak. Thou didst not rightly see. Dryden.

Incorrectly, the Sabbath.

slucent, of a gray or bluish color, and emits a creaking sound when incised. [Sometimes incorrectly written schirrus; written also skirrhus.]

reached by the weight, or hammer, except by means of such an intervening piece. [Often incorrectly written sett.] (f) (Carp.)

An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a nickname. [Sometimes less correctly written soubriquet.]

, chiefly Moslem, of Turkish origin, inhabiting the Russian Europe; -- written also, more correctly but less usually, Tatar.

ts equals the sum of personal debits. The equality would not show that the items were all correctly posted.