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A hat with a very broad brim, like those worn by men of the society of Friends.

An apparatus for measuring the amount of heat contained in bodies or developed by some mechanical or chemical process, as friction, chemical combination, combustion, etc.

Of or pertaining to process of using the calorimeter. Satisfactory calorimetric results. Nichol.

Measurement of the quantities of heat in bodies.

A voltaic battery, having a large surface of plate, and producing powerful heating effects.

A small downy-leaved tree (Anona Cherimolia), with fragrant flowers. It is a native of Peru.

See Chlorometry.

An instrument for measuring the depth of the color of anything, especially of a liquid, by comparison with a standard liquid.

The quantitative determination of the depth of color of a substance.

A joint accusation.

against morality or the public welfare; any outrage or great wrong. "To part error from crime." Tennyson.

Criminal; wicked; contrary to law, right, or dury. [Obs.] Shak.

Free from crime; innocent. Shak.

Guilty of crime or sin. The neglect of any of the relative duties renders us criminal in the sight of God. Rogers.

One versed in criminal law. [R.]

The quality or state of being criminal; that which constitutes a crime; guiltiness; guilt. This is by no means the only criterion of criminality. Blackstone.

In violation of law; wickedly.

Criminality. [R.]

To accuse of, or charge with, a crime. To criminate, with the heavy and ungrounded charge of disloyalty and disaffection, an uncorrupt, independent, and reforming parliament. Burke.

The act of accusing; accusation; charge; complaint. The criminations and recriminations of the adverse parties. Macaulay.