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To exchange in traffic; to effect by a bargain or for a consideration.

from one person to another, whether by sale, by gift, or otherwise. I shall here only consider it as a transfer of property. Burke.

Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk.

lly having the wings covered with minute hairs. It comprises the caddice flies, and is considered by some to be a distinct order.

Three, considered collectively; three in company or acting together; a set of three; three united. The trio were well accustomed to act together, and were linked to each other by ties of mutual interest. Dickens.

Of little worth or importance; inconsiderable; trifling; petty; paltry; as, a trivial subject or affair. The trivial round, the common task. Keble.

ys, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 46.0 seconds, which is 20 minutes, 23.3 seconds shorter than the sidereal year, on account of the precession of the equinoxes.

A West African anthropoid ape allied to the gorilla and chimpanzee, and by some considered only a variety of the chimpanzee. It is noted for building large, umbrella-shaped nests in trees. Called also tscheigo, tschiego, nschego, nscheigo.

l containing a small amount of tungsten, noted for tenacity and hardness, even under a considerable degree of heat. Magnets made of it are said to be highly permanent. It often contains manganese.

eory which conceives chance as an objective reality; esp., a theory of evolution which considers that variation may be purely fortuitous.

To cast about; to consider; to ponder. [Obs.] Sir T. Malory.

Done without due consideration; wanton; rash; inconsiderate; as, an unadvised proceeding. -- Un`ad*vis"ed*ly, adv. -- Un`ad*vis"ed*ness, n.

s a policy of insurance, for the purpose of becoming answerable for loss or damage, on consideration of receiving a certain premium per cent; as, individuals, as well as companies, may underwrite policies of insurance. B. Jonson. The broker who procures the insurance ought not, by underwriting the policy, to deprive th…

The state of being one; oneness. Whatever we can consider as one thing suggests to the understanding the idea of unity. Locks.

Constituting or considered as a whole; total; entire; whole; as, the universal world. Shak. At which the universal host up dent A shout that tore Hell's concave. Milton.

Not thinking; not heedful; thoughtless; inconsiderate; as, unthinking youth.

Not valued; not appraised; hence, not considered; disregarded; valueless; as, an unvalued estate. "Unvalued persons." Shak.

Not weighed; not pondered or considered; as, an unweighed statement.

Not weighing or pondering; inconsiderate. Shak.

A yellow urinary pigment, considered by Thudichum as the only pigment present in normal urine. It is regarded by Maly as identical with urobilin.