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A light, open, two-wheeled carriage for one horse; a kind of gig. ("The term and vehicle common about 1825." Latham.)

Capable of being denominated or named. Sir T. Browne.

e to; to characterize by an epithet; to entitle; to name; to designate. Passions commonly denominating selfish. Hume.

That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title; especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals; a category; as, the denomination of units, or of thousands, or of fourths, or of shillings, or of tons. Those [qualities] which are classed under the denominatio…

Pertaining to a denomination, especially to a sect or society. "Denominational differences." Buckle.

A denominational or class spirit or policy; devotion to the interests of a sect or denomination.

One imbued with a denominational spirit. The Century.

In a denominational manner; by denomination or sect.

Conferring a denomination or name.

By denomination.

gives a name; origin or source of a name. This opinion that Aram . . . was the father and denomination of the Syrians in general. Sir W. Raleigh.

Capable of being denoted or marked. Sir T. Browne.

To mark off; to denote. [Archaic] These terms denotate a longer time. Burton. What things should be denotated and signified by the color. Urquhart.

The marking off or separation of anything. Hammond.

Having power to denote; designating or marking off. Proper names are preëminently denotative; telling us that such as object has such a term to denote it, but telling us nothing as to any single attribute. Latham.

n; to serve as the sign or name of; to indicate; to point out; as, the hands of the clock denote the hour. The better to denote her to the doctor. Shak.

Sign; indication. [R.]

Serving to denote.

The unraveling or discovery of a plot; the catastrophe, especially of a drama or a romance.