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See Boatswain. [Obs.] Dryden.

, consisting of two parts, a body and a limber. In light field batteries there is one caisson to each piece, having two ammunition boxes on the body, and one on the limber. Farrow.

requently induced by remaining for some time in an atmosphere of high pressure, as in caissons, diving bells, etc. It is characterized by neuralgic pains and paralytic symptoms. It is variously explained, most probably as due to congestion of internal organs with subsequent stasis of the blood.

f a horse, taken collectively, esp. when decorative. Their horses clothed with rich caparison. Drylen.

A cargo. [Obs.]

Raw sugar; sugar not refined. Mc Elrath.

A kind of noseband used in breaking and training horses. [Written also caveson, causson.] White.

A song. Shak.

vents or exploits of early French history, real or legendary, and written originally in assonant verse of ten or twelve syllables. The most famous one is the Chanson de Roland.

A little song. These pretty little chansonnettes that he sung. Black.

by water, but united to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus; as, the Cimbric Chersonese, or Jutland; the Tauric Chersonese, or Crimea.

Having a clear sound. [Obs.] Ash.

Inlaid between partitions: -- said of enamel when the lines which divide the different patches of fields are composed of a kind of metal wire secured to the ground; as distinguished from champlevé enamel, in which the ground is engraved or scooped out to receive the enamel. S. Wells Williams.

relative estimate. As sharp legal practitioners, no class of human beings can bear comparison with them. Macaulay. The miracles of our Lord and those of the Old Testament afford many interesting points of comparison. Trench.

Agreement or congruity; harmony; accord; consistency; suitableness. The perfect consonancy of our persecuted church to the doctrines of Scripture and antiquity. Hammond. The optic nerve responds to the waves with which it is in consonance. Tyndall.

ording; -- usually followed by with or to. Each one pretends that his opinion . . . is consonant to the words there used. Bp. Beveridge. That where much is given shall be much required is a thing consonant with natural equity. Dr. H. More.

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To change into, or use as, a consonant. "The vowel is consonantized, that is, made closer in position." Peile.

In a consonant, consistent, or congruous manner; agreeably.

The quality or condition of being consonant, agreeable, or consistent.