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Deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous. We are enabled to unite into a consistent whole the various anomalies and contending principles that are found in the minds and affairs of men. Burke. As Professor Owen has remarked, there is no greater anomaly in nature than a bird that can not fly.…

A mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in small glassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks. It is a lime feldspar. See Feldspar.

opterous insect, the larva of which makes in the sand a pitfall to capture ants, etc. The common American species is Myrmeleon obsoletus, the European is M. formicarius.

isite to a clear understanding of the predicaments and categories, such as definitions of common terms. Chambers.

A chronic lung disease, common among coal miners, due to the inhalation of coal dust; -- called also collier's lung and miner's phthisis.

everal of which, in the larval state, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The common "museum pest" is A. varius; the carpet beetle is A. scrophulariæ. The larvæ are commonly confounded with moths.

ments, but having conveniences, such as heat, light, elevator service, etc., furnished in common; -- often distinguished in the United States from a flat house.

specks or flakes in the mouth, on the lips, etc., terminating in white sloughs. They are commonly characteristic of thrush.

A genus of insects of the order Hymenoptera, including the common honeybee (Apis mellifica) and other related species. See Honeybee.

Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the Allegheny mountains.

A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function; as, the respiratory apparatus.

An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver. See Approvement. Tomlins. Bouvier.

Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming. Cudworth.

ess whole classes or species; as, Hercules is sometimes used appellatively, that is, as a common name, to signify a strong man.

tance belonging to another inheritance which is superior or more worthy; as, an advowson, common, etc. , which may be appendant to a manor, common of fishing to a freehold, a seat in church to a house. Wharton. Coke.

ourse . . . be taken with children, there will not be much need of the application of the common rewards and punishments. Locke.

others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.

Anything, especially money, thus set apart. The Commons watched carefully over the appropriation. Macaulay.

To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit; said esp. of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.

Improvement of common lands, by inclosing and converting them to the uses of husbandry for the advantage of the lord of the manor. Blackstone.