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Knit or woven together; close; firm. [Obs.] The coats, without, are context and callous. Derham.

Pertaining to contexture or arrangement of parts; producing contexture; interwoven. Dr. John Smith (1666).

of parts; structural character of a thing; system; constitution; texture. That wonderful contexture of all created beings. Dryden. He was not of any delicate contexture; his limbs rather sturdy than dainty. Sir H. Wotton.

Formed into texture; woven together; arranged; composed. [R.] Carlyle.

Not content; discontented; dissatisfied. Jer. Taylor. Passion seemed to be much discontent, but Patience was very quiet. Bunyan.

Discontent. [Obs.] Ascham.

Dissatisfied; uneasy in mind; malcontent. And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him. 1 Sam. xxii. 2. -- Dis`con*tent"ed*ly, adv. -- Dis`con*tent"ed*ness, n.

Full of discontent. [R.]

Discontented. [Obs.] Shak.

Relating or tending to discontent. [R.] "Pride is ever discontentive." Feltham.

The state of being discontented; uneasiness; inquietude. Bacon.

Discontent. [Obs.] Goodwin.

The quality or state of being incontestable.

Not contestable; not to be disputed; that cannot be called in question or controverted; incontrovertible; indisputable; as, incontestable evidence, truth, or facts. Locke.

Not contested. Addison.

discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; especially, dissatisfied with the government. [Written also malecontent.] The famous malcontent earl of Leicester. Milner.

Malcontent. -- Mal`con*tent"ed*ly, adv. -- Mal`con*tent"ed*ness, n.

Malcontent.

Discontent. [Obs.]

A plea, by the defendant, in a criminal prosecution, which, without admitting guilt, subjects him to all the consequences of a plea of quilty.