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A marriage contract. [Obs.] Shak.

arrants in contravention of the acts of Parliament. Macaulay. In contravention of all his marriage stipulations. Motley.

to steal. [Cant] But as I am Crack, I will convey, crossbite, and cheat upon Simplicius. Marston.

An order of Entomastraca, including many minute Crustacea, both freshwater and marine.

ne which was condemned (a. d. 451) by the council of Chalcedon, and allows its priests to marry. The "pope and patriarch" has jurisdiction over the Abyssinian Church. Since the 7th century the Coptic Church has been so isolated from modifying influences that in many respects it is the most ancient monument of primitive…

Joining subject and predicate; copulative. F. A. March.

The fruit of a Brazilian tree (Attalea funifera of Martius.).

ember of a French political club of the time of the first Revolution, of which Danton and Marat were members, and which met in an old Cordelier convent in Paris.

adge of honor; a broad ribbon, usually worn after the manner of a baldric, constituting a mark of a very high grade in an honorary order. Cf. Grand cordon.

s of corduroy. Corduroy road, a roadway formed of logs laid side by side across it, as in marshy places; -- so called from its rough or ribbed surface, resembling corduroy. [U.S.]

of; as, to core an apple. He's likee a corn upon my great toe . . . he must be cored out. Marston.

ign grain for home consumption, except when the price rose above a certain rate. -- Corn marigold. (Bot.) See under Marigold. -- Corn oyster, a fritter containing grated green Indian corn and butter, the combined taste resembling that of oysters. [U.S.] -- Corn parsley (Bot.), a plant of the parsley genus (Petroselin…

A square cap anciently worn as a mark of certain professions.

A floret in an aggregate flower. [Obs.] Martyn.

The upper margin of a hoof; a coronet.

y headdress, having the shape and character of a crown; particularly, a crown worn as the mark of high rank lower than sovereignty. The word is used by Shakespeare to denote also a kingly crown. Without a star, a coronet, or garter. Goldsmith.

A coronet or little crown of a seed; the downy tuft on seeds. See Pappus. Martyn.

A body of men; esp., an organized division of the military establishment; as, the marine corps; the corps of topographical engineers; specifically, an army corps. A corps operating with an army should consist of three divisions of the line, a brigade of artillery, and a regiment of cavalry. Gen. Upton (U. S. Tactics. )…

ch the faults or errors of; to amend; to set right; as, to correct the proof (that is, to mark upon the margin the changes to be made, or to make in the type the changes so marked).

f what is wrong; an emendation; as, the corrections on a proof sheet should be set in the margin.