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The good frame of the universe was not the product of chance or fortuitous concourse of particles of matter. Sir M. Hale.

Coalescence of particles; growth; increase by the addition of particles. [R.] Sir W. Raleigh.

United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form. The first concrete state, or consistent surface, of the chaos must be of the same figure as the last liquid state. Bp. Burnet.

The process of concreting; the process of uniting or of becoming united, as particles of matter into a mass; solidification.

at] from one body to another when they are in contact, or through a homogenous body from particle to particle, constitutes conduction. Amer. Cyc.

The parties that are confederated, considered as a unit; a confederacy. Articles of confederation. See under Article.

A formulary in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.

A collection of particles or bodies into one mass; a heap; an aggregation.

sembly of representatives of the original States of the American Union, who met under the Articles of Confederation from 1781 till 1789. -- Congress boot or gaiter, a high shoe or half-boot, coming above the ankle, and having the sides made in part of some elastic material which stretches to allow the boot to be drawn…

o the church of Christ Hooker. A whole sentence may fail of its congruity by wanting one particle. Sir P. Sidney.

er; condensation. [Obs.] Fullness of matter, or a pretty close constipation . . . of its particles. Boyle.

The arrangement and connection of words in a sentence; syntactical arrangement. Some particles . . . in certain constructions have the sense of a whole sentence contained in them. Locke.

One who, or that which, contributes; specifically, one who writes articles for a newspaper or magazine.

he state of being together; union; coalition. The conventions or associations of several particles of matter into bodies of any certain denomination. Boyle.

A small, hard particle; a grain. "Corn of sand." Bp. Hall. "A corn of powder." Beau & Fl. Corn ball, a ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar. -- Corn bread, bread made of Indian meal. -- Corn cake, a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake. -- Corn cockle (Bot.), a weed (Agrostem…

A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.

Pertaining to, or composed of, corpuscles, or small particles. Corpuscular philosophy, that which attempts to account for the phenomena of nature, by the motion, figure, rest, position, etc., of the minute particles of matter. -- Corpuscular theory (Opt.), the theory enunciated by Sir Isaac Newton, that light consists…

Qualifying; limiting. "The Psalmist interposeth . . . this corrective particle." Holdsworth.

at away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali. Aqua fortis corroding copper . . . is wont to reduce it to a green- blue solution. Boyle.

corrugated in order to give it elasticity. It is used as a wrapping material for fragile articles, as bottles.