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ther made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light- colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf.

d States to various species of siluroid fishes; as, the yellow cat (Amiurus natalis); the bind cat (Gronias nigrilabrus); the mud cat (Pilodictic oilwaris), the stone cat (Noturus flavus); the sea cat (Arius felis), etc. This name is also sometimes applied to the wolf fish. See Bullhrad.

To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog. Chained behind the hostile car. Prior.

Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.

Indurated clay. See Bind, n., 3.

To put a collar on. To collar beef (or other meat), to roll it up, and bind it close with a string preparatory to cooking it.

To gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for binding.

The gathering and examination of sheets preparatory to binding.

To tie or bind together. The pieces of isinglass are colligated in rows. Nicholson.

A binding together. Sir T. Browne.

Capable of combinding; consistent with. [R.] M. Arnold. -- Com*bin"a*ble*ness, n.

To bind; to hold by a moral tie. [Obs.] I am combined by a sacred vow. Shak.

To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step; -- often used reflexively; as, to commit one's self to a certain course. You might have satisfied every duty of political friendship, without commiting the honor of your sovereign. Junius. Any sudden assent to the proposal .…

To bind by mutual agreement; to agree. [Obs.] Laban and himself were compromised That all the eanlings which were streaked and pied Should fall as Jacob's hire. Shak.

state is increased; a contract, express or implied, by which a person makes that firm and binding which was before voidable.

The act of calling or summoning by a sacred name, or in solemn manner; the act of binding by an oath; an earnest entreaty; adjuration. We charge you, in the name of God, take heed; . . . Under this conjuration speak, my lord. Shak.

To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or con He binds in hains The droway prophet, and his limbs constrains. Dryden. When winter frosts constrain the fields with old. Dryden.

To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or ause to shrink. Such things as constrict the fibers. Arbuthnot. Membranous organs inclosing a cavity which their contraction constrict. Todd & Bowman.

The state of being constricted; the point where a thing is constricted; a narrowing or binding. A constriction of the parts inservient to speech. Grew.

Serving or tending to bind or constrict.