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vert. To contest an election. (Polit.) (a) To strive to be elected. (b) To dispute the declared result of an election.

n. After years spent in domestic, unsociable contestations, she found means to withdraw. Clarendon.

To declare prohibited; to forbid. [Obs.] The law severly contrabands Our taking business of men's hands. Hudibras.

ng's writ, -- as the assembly which restored Charles II. to the throne, and that which declared the throne to be abdicated by James II. Our gratitude is due . . . to the Long Parliament, to the Convention, and to William of Orange. Macaulay.

e conveyances in law to be so firm, that in justice he must decree the land to the earl. Clarendon.

from its being accompanied by a cornet player. [Obs.] "A body of five cornets of horse." Clarendon.

advice. [R.] Few men of so great parts were upon all occasions more counselable than he. Clarendon.

clude (one) will not particapate or cannot be depended upon. (b) (House of Commons) To declare adjourned, as a sitting of the House, when it is ascertained that a quorum is not present. (c) To prevent the accession of (a person) to office, by a fraudulent return or count of the votes cast; -- said of a candidate really…

e out of countenance, because they found that the imputations . . . were well grounded." Clarendon. -- To keep the countenance, to preserve a composed or natural look, undisturbed by passion or emotion. Swift.

odge in the field . . . whilst his army was under cover, they might be forced to retire. Clarendon.

ell but that he would cozen him, and expose him to public mirth for having been cozened. Clarendon.

ed together. Shak. A form of worship in which they had been educated from their cradles. Clarendon.

others; interest. Having credit enough with his master to provide for his own interest. Clarendon.

Lively; sparking; effervescing. Your neat crisp claret. Beau & Fl.

ce; as, a market cross; a boundary cross; Charing Cross in London. Dun-Edin's Cross, a pillared stone, Rose on a turret octagon. Sir W. Scott.

A filamentous fresh-water alga (Conferva rivularis of Linnaeus, Rhizoclonium rivulare of Kutzing).

To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly. All, all, cry shame against ye, yet I 'll speak. Shak. The man . . . ran on,crying, Life! life! Eternal life! Bunyan.

ral and gave him a broadside, with which he killed many of his men and damaged the ship. Clarendon.

To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censhure. He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him. Shak.

Dazzling flash, glare, or burst of light. Donne.