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Having the constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque; as, a dense crowd; a dense forest; a dense fog. All sorts of bodies, firm and fluid, dense and rare. Ray. To replace the cloudy barrier dense. Cowper.

In a dense, compact manner.

The quality of being dense, close, or thick; compactness; -- opposed to rarity.

le of being liquefied; soluble. -- Dis*solv"a*ble*ness, n. Though everything which is compacted be in its own nature dissolvable. Cudworth. Such things as are not dissolvable by the moisture of the tongue. Sir I. Newton.

A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.

sia in varying proportions. It occurs in distinct crystals, and in extensive beds as a compact limestone, often crystalline granular, either white or clouded. It includes much of the common white marble. Also called bitter spar.

Twice milled or fulled, to render more compact or fine; -- said of cloth; as, double-milled kerseymere.

A tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.

A hill of compact, unstratified, glacial drift or till, usually elongate or oval, with the larger axis parallel to the former local glacial motion.

Having a compact, bushy form.

n addition to its forward motion a spinning motion, that influences its direction after impact on another ball or the cushion. [U.S.]

A compact or condensed representation of anything. An epitome of English fashionable life. Carlyle. A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Dryden.

A compact feldspathic rock; felsite. See Felsite.

Banded or compacted together.

A small bundle or collection; a compact cluster; as, a fascicle of fibers; a fascicle of flowers or roots.

an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations; constituted by a compact between parties, usually governments or their representatives. The Romans compelled them, contrary to all federal right, . . . to part with Sardinia. Grew.

To unite in compact, as different States; to confederate for political purposes; to unite by or under the Federal Constitution. Barlow.

United by compact, as sovereignties, states, or nations; joined in confederacy; leagued; confederate; as, federate nations.

b) (Founding) An excess of metal above a mold, which serves to render the casting more compact by its pressure; -- also called a riser, deadhead, or simply feed or head Knight. -- Feed heater. (a) (Steam Engine) A vessel in which the feed water for the boiler is heated, usually by exhaust steam. (b) A boiler or kettle…

loth or stuff made of matted fibers of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving. It were a delicate stratagem to shoe A troop of horse with felt. Shak .