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To lay in a place not recollected; to lose. The... charter, indeed, was unfortunately mislaid: and the prayer of their petition was to obtain one of like import in its stead. Hallam.

ng, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size. In charts, in maps, and eke in models made. Gascoigne. I had my father's signet in my purse, Which was the model of that Danish seal. Shak. You have the models of several ancient temples, though the temples and the gods are perished.…

A soft Tertiary sandstone; -- applied to a rock occurring in Switzerland. See Chart of Geology.

the proprietor of a patented article is given a monopoly of its sale for a limited time; chartered trading companies have sometimes had a monopoly of trade with remote regions; a combination of traders may get a monopoly of a particular product. Raleigh held a monopoly of cards, Essex a monopoly of sweet wines. Macaul…

ne strata below the coal measures, and above the old red standstone of Great Britain. See Chart of Geology. -- Mountain linnet (Zoöl.), the twite. -- Mountain magpie. (Zoöl.) (a) The yaffle, or green woodpecker. (b) The European gray shrike. -- Mountain mahogany (Bot.) See under Mahogany. -- Mountain meal (Min.), a…

in a cathedral, castle, or other public building, which is used for keeping the records, charters, seals, deeds, and the like. Gwilt.

rata form the middle one of the three divisions of the Triassic formation in Germany. See Chart, under Geology.

er thickness of limestone, which is gradually undermined by the removal of the shale. See Chart of Geology.

mprising various strata of siliceous sandstones and conglomerates. See Sandstone, and the Chart of Geology. -- Old school, a school or party belonging to a former time, or preserving the character, manner, or opinious of a former time; as, a gentleman of the old school; -- used also adjectively; as, Old-School Presbyt…

The Oligocene period. See the Chart of Geology.

of a fish. It sometimes constitutes extensive beds, as in the European Jurassic. See the Chart of Geology.

em intermediate or translational in character between the Silurian and Devonian ages. See Chart of Geology.

urian, Devonian, and Carboniferous ages, and also to the life or rocks of those ages. See Chart of Geology.

A royal charter confirming to a subject all his possessions. [Obs.] Holinshed.

Partial; favoring one party. I will be true judge, and not party. Chaucer. Charter party. See under Charter.

Of or pertaining to the perimeter, or to perimetry; as, a perimetric chart of the eye.

great divisions of geological time; as, the Tertiary period; the Glacial period. See the Chart of Geology.

The Permian period. See Chart of Geology.

tched battle. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Plain chant (Mus.) Same as Plain song, below. -- Plain chart (Naut.), a chart laid down on Mercator's projection. -- Plain dealer. (a) One who practices plain dealing. (b) A simpleton. [Obs.] Shak. -- Plain dealing. See under Dealing. -- Plain molding (Join.), molding of which the…

A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation or delineation of a horizontal section of anything, as of a building; a graphic representation; a diagram.