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An oceanic fish of large size (Elacate canada); the crabeater; -- called also bonito, cubbyyew, coalfish, and sergeant fish.

The amphitheater of Vespasian at Rome, the largest in the world. [Written also Colosseum.]

The amphitheater of Vespasian in Rome. [Also written Coliseum.]

A substitution, as of a less thing for a greater, esp. a substitution of one form of payment for another, or one payment for many, or a specific sum of money for conditional payments or allowances; as, commutation of tithes; commutation of fares; commutation of copyright; commutation of rations. Angle of commutation (A…

stitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence; to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares. The sounds water and fire, being once a…

The body of actors employed in a theater or in the production of a play. To keep company with. See under Keep, v. t.

Expressing a degree greater or less than the positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or adverb. The comparative degree is formed from the positive by the use of -er, more, or less; as, brighter, more bright, or less bright. Comparative sciences, those which are based on a comprehensive comparison of the…

fferent constituents of one or more substances into a distinct and definite compound of greater complexity and molecular weight, often resulting in an increase of density, as the condensation of oxygen into ozone, or of acetone into mesitylene. Condensation product (Chem.), a substance obtained by the polymerization of…

wrestlers, or the wrestling ground itself. Hence, a part of the orchestra of the Greek theater.

trary to; to oppose; to resist. [Obs.] No truth can contradict another truth. Hooker. A greater power than we can contradict Hath thwarted our intents. Shak.

To give greater effect to, as to a figure or other object, by putting it in some relation of opposition to another figure or object. the figures of the groups must not be all on side . . . but must contrast each other by their several position. Dryden.

rcourse or study; -- said of things. According as the objects they converse with afford greater or less variety. Locke.

act of convicting; the act of proving, finding, or adjudging, guilty of an offense. The greater certainty of conviction and the greater certainty of punishment. Hallam.

A mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in greater or less abundance.

A voracious eater; a glutton, or gluttonous servant. B. Jonson.

et iron bent into a series of alternate ridges and grooves in parallel lines, giving it greater stiffness. -- Corrugated paper, a thick, coarse paper corrugated in order to give it elasticity. It is used as a wrapping material for fragile articles, as bottles.

One who makes or deals in costumes, as for theaters, fancy balls, etc.

One of the side scenes of the stage in a theater, or the space included between the side scenes.

on or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, or the like.

e who courts or solicits favor; one who flatters. There was not among all our princes a greater courtier of the people than Richard III. Suckling.