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h, as with a crayon; to sketch or plan. He soon afterwards composed that discourse, conformably to the plan which he had crayoned out. Malone.

Deserving or possessing reputation or esteem; reputable; estimable. This gentleman was born of creditable parents. Goldsmith.

A colorless, inflammable, poisonous gas, C2N2, with a peach- blossom odor, so called from its tendency to form blue compounds; obtained by heating ammonium oxalate, mercuric cyanide, etc. It is obtained in combination, forming an alkaline cyanide when nitrogen or a nitrogenous compound is strongly ignited with carbon a…

Conformable to the will of God. [R.] Bp. Burnet.

To deprive of phlogiston, or the supposed principle of inflammability. Priestley. Dephlogisticated air, oxygen gas; -- so called by Dr. Priestly and others of his time. -- De`phlo*gis`ti*ca"tion, n.

Of measureless depth; unfathomable. In clouds of depthless night. Francis.

ing upon a successor. The devolution of the crown through a . . . channel known and conformable to old constitutional requisitions. De Quincey.

s), with strong perfume and showy flowers. The volatile oil of the leaves is highly inflammable.

Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; Preach you truly the doctrine which you have received, and each nothing that is disagreeable thereunto. Udall.

Said of strata which lack conformity in direction of bedding, either as in unconformability, or as caused by a fault.

Blamable. [R.]

Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity.

had not eaten the carcass. 1 Kings xiii. 28. With stories told of many a feat, How fairy Mab junkets eat. Milton. The island princes overbold Have eat our substance. Tennyson. His wretched estate is eaten up with mortgages. Thackeray.

According to; conformably to. [Obs.] Chaucer. Emforth my might, so far as lies in my power. [Obs.]

A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol with sulphuric acid, and hence called also sulphuric ether. It is powerful solvent of fats, resins, and pyroxylin, but finds its chief use as an anæsthetic. Called also ethyl oxide.ethyl e…

A colorless, mobile, inflammable liquid, C2H5.NH2, very volatile and with an ammoniacal odor. It is a strong base, and is a derivative of ammonia. Called also ethyl carbamine, and amido ethane.

Easy to be done or performed: not difficult; performable or attainable with little labor. Order . . . will render the work facile and delightful. Evelyn.

Worthy of confidence and belief; conformable to truth ot fact; exact; accurate; as, a faithful narrative or representation. It is a faithful saying. 2 Tim. ii. 11. The Faithful, the adherents of any system of religious belief; esp. used as an epithet of the followers of Mohammed.

Guilty of a fault, or of faults; hence, blamable; worthy of censure. Shak. The king doth speak . . . as one which is faulty. 2 Sam. xiv. 13.

rity for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature. Fiat money, irredeemable paper currency, not resting on a specie basis, but deriving its purchasing power from the declaratory fiat of the government issuing it.