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Distinction by contrast. That there are such things as sins of infirmity in contradistinction to those of presumption is not to be questioned. South.

having the quality of contradistinction; distinguishing by contrast. -- Con`tra*dis*tinc"tive, n.

by a contrast of opposite qualities. These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as contradistinguished. Locke.

To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume. [Obs.] Dr. R. Clerke.

Radiating to or from the same point. [R.] Coleridge.

To converge to one point or focus, as light or rays.

A conjunction or concentration of rays in one point. Bacom

or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence; as, a cradle of crime; the cradle of liberty. The cradle that received thee at thy birth. Cowper. No sooner was I crept out of my cradle But I was made a king, at nine months old. Shak.

Land or region where one was cradled; hence, land of origin.

The act of using a cradle.

sing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the degradation of a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop. He saw many removes and degradations in all the other offices of which he had been possessed. Clarendon.

degree; to lower in rank' to deprive of office or dignity; to strip of honors; as, to degrade a nobleman, or a general officer. Prynne was sentenced by the Star Chamber Court to be degraded from the bar. Palfrey.

; debased; sunken; low; base. The Netherlands . . . were reduced practically to a very degraded condition. Motley.

Deprivation of rank or office; degradation. [R.] Milton.

In a degrading manner.

A reckless, furious man; a person urged by furious passions, and regardless of consequence; a wild ruffian.

Toward the right side; dextrally.

Walking on the toes; -- distinguished from plantigrade.

The emission and diffusion of rays of light.

To take from a cradle. [R.] This airy apparition first discradled From Tournay into Portugal. Ford.