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a fabric woven wholly or partially of threads of gold. -- Cloth measure, the measure of length and surface by which cloth is measured and sold. For this object the standard yard is usually divided into quarters and nails. -- Cloth paper, a coarse kind of paper used in pressing and finishing woolen cloth. -- Cloth s…

pets. They usually weigh from eighteen to twenty-eight pounds. They have the head of fair length, with square muzzle, the ears long and set low, the legs short or of medium length, and the coat fine and silky, wavy but not curly. Various colors are bred, as black, liver, red, black and white, black and tan, etc.…

thout branches, and has a tuft of leaves at the top, each being fifteen or twenty feet in length, and at the base of these the nuts hang in clusters; the cocoanut tree.

ing the amount of some change or effect under certain fixed conditions as to temperature, length, volume, etc.; as, the coefficient of expansion; the coefficient of friction. Arbitrary coefficient (Math.), a literal coefficient placed arbitrarily in an algebraic, expression, the value of the coefficient being afterward…

ed with a standard measure; -- applied especially to a machine for comparing standards of length.

l the hour of the day. -- Compass plane (Carp.), a plane, convex in the direction of its length on the under side, for smoothing the concave faces of curved woodwork. -- Compass plant, Compass flower (Bot.), a plant of the American prairies (Silphium laciniatum), not unlike a small sunflower; rosinweed. Its lower and…

ivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for. The length of the night and the dews thereof do compensate the heat of the day. Bacon. The pleasures of life do not compensate the miseries. Prior.

Folded together, or upon itself, with the fold running lengthwise.

pe in words and lines. It has one open side, and one adjustable end by means of which the length of the lines, and consequently the width of the page or column, may be determined.

Flattened lengthwise. Compessed air engine, an engine operated by the elastic force of compressed air.

Folded lengthwise along the midrib, the upper face being within; -- said of leaves or petals in vernation or æstivation.

öl.), the sea eel; a large species of eel (Conger vulgaris), which sometimes grows to the length of ten feet.

asuring apparatus come into contact with each other; -- used in precise determinations of lengths and in the accurate graduation of instruments.

To carry onward or extend; to prolong or produce; to add to or draw out in length. A bridge of wond'rous length, From hell continued, reaching th' utmost orb of this frall world. Milton.

Plaited lengthwise and twisted in addition, as the bud of the morning-glory. Gray.

See Chord. [Obs.] Cord wood, wood for fuel cut to the length of four feet (when of full measure).

out into cords (of various diameters) resembling brown twine, which are dried and cut to length. A variety containing less nitroglycerin than the original is known as cordite M. D.

Having the coronal feathers lengthened or otherwise distinguished; -- said of birds.

A train whose coaches are connected so as to have through its entire length a continuous corridor, into which the compartments open. [Eng.]

A measure of length; the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger; a cubit.