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The open space between the inner and outer shells of a dome or cupola of masonry.

he rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy. Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Ps. cxiv. 13. When Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself. 2 Chron. xxi. 4.

Having a kingdom or the dignity of a king; like a kingdom. [R.] "Twixt his mental and his active parts, Kingdom'd Achilles in commotion rages And batters down himself. Shak.

A forceps with a measuring attachment for ascertaining the size of the fetal head.

An iron-potash mica, of a raven-black color, usually found in granitic rocks in small six-sided tables, or as an aggregation of minute opaque scales. See Mica.

s, which form holes in limestone, in which they live; esp., any species of the genus Lithodomus.

Like, or pertaining to, Lithodomus; lithophagous.

A genus of elongated bivalve shells, allied to the mussels, and remarkable for their ability to bore holes for shelter, in solid limestone, shells, etc. Called also Lithophagus.

A dome parallel to the longer lateral axis of an orthorhombic crystal. See Dome, n., 4.

A man who has authority to act, within certain limits, as master of the house; a steward; also, a chief minister or officer.

A marquisate. [Obs.] "Nobles of the marquisdom of Saluce." Holinshed.

on account of adherence to the Christian faith, or to any cause. Bacon. I came from martyrdom unto this peace. Longfellow.

Dominion; rule; command. [R.] Shak.

The country inhabited by the Mormons; the Mormon people.

An instrument for reckoning the distances or velocities of clouds.

An instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to measure the distance traversed; also, a wheel used by surveyors, which registers the miles and rods traversed.

Of or pertaining to the odometer, or to measurements made with it.

Serving to measure distance on a road. [R.] Sydney Smith.

Measurement of distances by the odometer.

name of uncertain origin, perh. from the old designation of the colony as "the Colony and Dominion of Virginia."