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A mottled appearance given to ribbons and silks in the process of dyeing.

Lustful. [Obs.] Shak.

e of a class of organic bases, C8H11N, usually pungent oily liquids, belonging to the pyridine series, and obtained from bone oil, coal tar, naphtha, and certain alkaloids.

Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer.

In a commanding manner.

To delay. Bailey.

Conclusively. [R.] Digby.

In a condescending manner. Atterbury.

That confides; trustful; unsuspicious. -- Con*fid"ing*ly, adv. -- Con*fid"ing*ness, n.

According to custom; customary; usual. [R.]

Customary.

Joint ordinance.

Equal in rank or order; not subordinate. Whether there was one Supreme Governor of the world, or many coördinate powers presiding over each country. Law. Conjunctions joint sentences and coördinate terms. Rev. R. Morris. Coördinate adjectives, adjectives disconnected as regards ane another, but referring equally to the…

In a coördinate manner.

The state of being coördinate; equality of rank or authority.

The act of coördinating; the act of putting in the same order, class, rank, dignity, etc.; as, the coördination of the executive, the legislative, and the judicial authority in forming a government; the act of regulating and combining so as to produce harmonious results; harmonious adjustment; as, a coördination of fun…

Expressing coördination. J. W. Gibbs.

A cordwainer. [Obs.]

tar, Dippel's oil, tobacco smoke, etc., regarded as an organic base, homologous with pyridine. Also, one of a series of metameric compounds of which coridine is a type. [Written also corindine.]

Answering; conformable; agreeing; suiting; as, corresponding numbers.