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A small musical imstrument on the principle of the accordion. It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on the inside, and keys and handles on the outside of each of the two hexagonal heads.

A piece for one or more solo instruments with orchestra; -- more concise than the concerto.

A composition (usually in symphonic form with three movements) in which one instrument (or two or three) stands out in bold relief against the orchestra, or accompaniment, so as to display its qualities or the performer's skill.

In works of art, the shell used by Tritons as a trumpet.

An instrument for measuring shells, or the angle of their spire.

The last part of anything; close; termination; end. A fluorish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest. Prescott.

The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination. Donne.

ons of sale, the terms on which it is proposed to sell property by auction; also, the instrument containing or expressing these terms.

That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument. [Obs.] Although thou been conduct of my chame. Shak.

A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director.

assurance of the truth of; to render certain; to verify; to corroborate; as, to confirm a rumor. Your eyes shall witness and confirm my tale. Pope. These likelihoods confirm her flight. Shak.

A blowing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry. [R.] Bacon.

One of several that jointly sign a written instrument, as a treaty. Fallows.

, consonants. No Russian whose dissonant consonant name Almost shatters to fragments the trumpet of fame. T. Moore.

Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments. [Obs.] Milton. To make a sad consort`; Come, let us join our mournful song with theirs. Spenser.

on variable. Absolute costant (Math.), one whose value is absolutely the same under all cirumstanes, as the number 10, or any numeral. -- Arbitrary constant, an undetermined constant in a differential equation having the same value during all changes in the values of the variables.

or implied in the institutions and usages of the country or society; also, a written instrument embodying such organic law, and laying down fundamental rules and principles for the conduct of affairs. Our constitution had begun to exist in times when statesmen were not much accustomed to frame exact definitions. Macau…

One who puts a certain construction upon some writing or instrument, as the Constitutions of the United States; as, a strict constructionist; a broad constructionist.

other; -- used in precise determinations of lengths and in the accurate graduation of instruments.

mits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest. Having food rainment, let us be therewith content. 1 Tim. vi. 8.