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d to form a connected whole; such an agreement between the different parts of a design or composition as to produce unity of effect; as, the harmony of the universe.

tate of being harsh. O, she is Ten times more gentle than her father 's crabbed, And he's composed of harshness. Shak. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offense, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Pope.

Furnished with a head (commonly as denoting intellectual faculties); -- used in composition; as, clear-headed, long-headed, thick-headed; a many-headed monster.

, adv. Heavily; -- sometimes used in composition; as, heavy- laden.

One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom.

A composition of wax and lampblack, used by shoemakers for polishing, and by antiquaries in copying inscriptions.

A genus of composite plants, with shining, commonly white or yellow, or sometimes reddish, radiated involucres, which are often called "everlasting flowers."

A composition for infernal purposes; a magical preparation. Shak.

A composition made from blood, mixed with mineral or vegetable substances, used for making buttons, door knobs, etc.

Any substance, such as an iron salt or organic compound containing iron, which when ingested tends to increase the hemoglobin contents of the blood.

Twin composition in crystals.

The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin, and is also called hæmatoglobulin. In arterial blood, it is always combined with oxygen, and is then called oxyhemoglobin. It crystallizes under different forms from different animals, and when crystall…

num cannabinum), the fiber of which was used by the Indians. -- Hemp agrimony, a coarse, composite herb of Europe (Eupatorium cannabinum), much like the American boneset. -- Hemp nettle, a plant of the genus Galeopsis (G. Tetrahit), belonging to the Mint family. -- Indian hemp. See under Indian, a. -- Manila hemp,…

A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones. Moore (Encyc. of Music).

A composition consisting of seven lines or verses.

A compound radical, C7H15, regarded as the essential radical of heptane and a related series of compounds.

A picrate compound, used as an explosive in blasting.

One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; -- much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the like. Chaucer.

One of a party among the Jews, composed of partisans of Herod of Galilee. They joined with the Pharisees against Christ.

Bearing two kinds of heads or capitula; -- said of certain composite plants.