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A variety of the mineral domeykite, or copper arsenide, from the Condurra mine in Cornwall, England.

ulation; rivalry; strife; dispute. "Loverlike contestation." Milton. After years spent in domestic, unsociable contestations, she found means to withdraw. Clarendon.

s many rays of light, as conveniently can be let in, and made convergent. Boyle. The vast dome of its cathedral . . . directing its convergent curves to heaven. Hallam.

A pen, coop, or like shelter for small domestic animals, as for sheep or pigeons; a cote.

A shed, shelter, or inclosure for small domestic animals, as for sheep or doves. Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve, In hurdled cotes. Milton.

e in the form of a cove. The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are rounded into domes and coved roofs. H. Swinburne. Coved ceiling, a ceiling, the part of which next the wail is constructed in a cove. -- Coved vault, a vault composed of four coves meeting in a central point, and therefore the reverse of a gr…

ine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen is small and curled up beneath the body.

The dome of a furnace.

early so; also, a celing having the same form. When on a large scale it is usually called dome.

rity of that opening; also, a ring of stone serving a similar purpose, as at the eye of a dome.

A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint. [East Indies]

A small oval plum of a blue color, the fruit of a variety of the Prunus domestica; -- called also damask plum.

A stiff felt hat with a dome-shaped crown.

upon me. South. The exquisite pleasure derivable from the true and beautiful relations of domestic life. H. G. Bell. The argument derivable from the doxologies. J. H. Newman.

he muscular and tendinous partition separating the cavity of the chest from that of the abdomen; the midriff.

Having the head, thorax, and abdomen separated by a deep constriction. Disjunct tetrachords (Mus.), tetrachords so disposed to each other that the gravest note of the upper is one note higher than the acutest note of the other.

ands, a new place, condition, etc.; alienation, or parting; as, a disposal of property. A domestic affair of great importance, which is no less than the disposal of my sister Jenny for life. Tatler.

That which diverts attention; a diversion. "Domestic distractions." G. Eliot.

A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris).

Relating to, or shaped like, a dome.