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A vessel of Anam, with two or three masts, lofty triangular sails, and in construction somewhat resembling a Chinese junk.

The genitive case. Genitive absolute, a construction in Greek similar to the ablative absolute in Latin. See Ablative absolute.

To investigate or apprehend geometrical quantities or laws; to make geometrical constructions; to proceed in accordance with the principles of geometry. Nature geometrizeth, and observeth order in all things. Sir T. Browne.

A construction consisting essentially of one or more aëroplanes for gliding in an inclined path from a height to the ground.

rives its name from the connection between the methods of describing it and those for the construction of a gnomon or dial." Cyc. of Arts & Sciences.

A species of wood used in the construction of Noah's ark. Gen. vi. 14.

The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.

One versed in grammar, or the construction of languages; a philologist.

to the rules of grammar; grammatically correct; as, the sentence is not grammatical; the construction is not grammatical. -- Gram*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Gram*mat"ic*al*ness, n.

followed by the infinitive without to, are well established idiomatic forms. The original construction was that of the dative with forms of be, followed by the infinitive. See Had better, under Better. And lever me is be pore and trewe. [And more agreeable to me it is to be poor and true.] C. Mundi (Trans. ). Him had b…

The science which treats of their construction and progression. Ten thousand harps, that tuned Angelic harmonies. Milton.

A phrase or form of speech in accordance with genius and construction or idioms of the Greek language; a Grecism. Addison.

That which is hemitropal in construction; (Crystallog.) a twin crystal having a hemitropal structure.

her sheet of water, the depth of soundings, the position of channels and shoals, with the construction of charts exhibiting these particulars.

s in rivers, from reservoirs, etc., and called by various specific names according to its construction or use, as tachometer, rheometer, hydrometer, pendulum, etc.; a current gauge.

the saliva of, a rabid creature, of which the chief symptoms are, a sense of dryness and construction in the throat, causing difficulty in deglutition, and a marked heightening of reflex excitability, producing convulsions whenever the patient attempts to swallow, or is disturbed in any way, as by the sight or sound o…

A figurative construction, changing or inverting the natural order of words or clauses; as, "echoed the hills" for "the hills echoed." With a violent hyperbaton to transpose the text. Milton.

age or dialect, but in its proper sense it signifies the totality of the general rules of construction which characterize the syntax of a particular language and distinguish it from other tongues. G. P. Marsh. By idiom is meant the use of words which is peculiar to a particular language. J. H. Newman. He followed their…

To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as, war implies fighting. Where a mulicious act is proved, a mulicious intention is implied. Bp. Sherlock. When a man employs a laborer to work for him, . . . the act of hiring implies an obligation and a pr…

in a newspaper. These words were very weakly inserted where they will be so liable to misconstruction. Bp. Stillingfleet.