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s in the Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the orchids. Attached column. See under Attach, v. t. -- Clustered column. See under Cluster, v. t. -- Column rule, a thin strip of brass separating columns of type in the form, and making a line between them in printing.

comb; to lay smooth and straight with, or as with, a comb; as, to comb hair or wool. See under Combing. Comb down his hair; look, look! it stands upright. Shak.

e identical with, or are multiples or multiples of, the atomic weight. See Atomic weight, under Atomic, a.

separating the longer and more valuable fiber from the shorter. See also Carding machine, under Carding.

liable to take fire and burn. All such combustibles as are cheap enough for common use go under the name of fuel. Ure.

um. (f) To fall to; to be received by, as an inheritance. Shak. -- To come to blows. See under Blow. -- To come to grief. See under Grief. -- To come to a head. (a) To suppurate, as a boil. (b) To mature; to culminate; as a plot. -- To come to one's self, to recover one's senses. -- To come to pass, to happen; to…

Strength and relief received under affliction;

(Zoöl.), an American butterfly (Grapta comma), having a white comma-shaped marking on the under side of the wings.

Authority; power or right of control; leadership; as, the forces under his command.

A district or a manor with lands and tenements appertaining thereto, under the control of a member of an order of knights who was called a commander; -- called also a preceptory.

36. There was [formerly] some sense for commendams. Selden. Partnership in commendam. See under Partnership.

hool for giving instruction in commercial knowledge and business. -- Commercial law. See under Law. -- Commercial note paper, a small size of writing paper, usually about 5 by 7½ or 8 inches. -- Commercial paper, negotiable paper given in due course of business. It includes bills of exchange, promissory notes, bank…

inute chalk or bones; to comminute food with the teeth. Pennant. Comminuted fracture. See under Fracture.

The acting under authority of, or on account of, another.

ative body sometimes resolves itself, for the purpose of considering a particular measure under the operation of different rules from those governing the general legislative proceedings. The committee of the whole has its own chairman, and reports its action in the form of recommendations. -- Standing committee. See u…

formerly worn by ladies, raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height. Or under high commodes, with looks erect. Granville.

rostitute. A dame who herself was common. L'Estrange. Common bar (Law) Same as Blank bar, under Blank. -- Common barrator (Law), one who makes a business of instigating litigation. -- Common Bench, a name sometimes given to the English Court of Common Pleas. -- Common brawler (Law), one addicted to public brawling a…

. The word commons in its present ordinary signification comprises all the people who are under the rank of peers. Blackstone.

See Common sense, under Sense.