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The science which treats of catadioptric phenomena, or of the used of catadioptric instruments.

The science of exchanges, a branch of political economy.

The science or practice of instructing by questions and answers.

To sear, as the conscience. Jer. Taylor.

The science which treats of the head.

The science which treats of the cerebrum or brain.

e certain information of; to make certain, as a fact; to verify. Hammond. The industry of science at once certifies and greatly extends our knowledge of the vastness of the creation. I. Taylor.

n for Centimeter, Gram, Second. -- applied to a system of units much empoyed in physical science, based upon the centimeter as the unit of length, the gram as the unit of weight or mass, and the second as the unit of time.

That branch of science which treats of the composition of substances, and of the changes which they undergo in consequence of alterations in the constitution of the molecules, which depend upon variations of the number, kind, or mode of arrangement, of the constituent atoms. These atoms are not assumed to be indivisibl…

Made of cheveril; pliant. [Obs.] A cheveril conscience and a searching wit. Drayton.

uffle from them by chicane. Burke. To cut short this, I propound it fairly to your own canscience. Berkeley.

The science which treats of cartilages. Dunglison.

The science which treats of the laws of distribution of living organisms over the earth's surface as to latitude, altitude, locality, etc. Its distribution or chorology. Huxley.

The science of wealth; the science, or a branch of the science, of political economy.

The science of the useful arts, esp. agriculture, manufactures, and commerce. [R.]

A believer in Christian Science; one who practices its teachings.

The science of colors; that part of optics which treats of the properties of colors.

The science which treats of measuring time by regular divisions or periods, and which assigns to events or transactions their proper dates. If history without chronology is dark and confused, chronology without history is dry and insipid. A. Holmes.

The science of civil government.

manners; instructed in arts, learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated. Sale of conscience and duty in open market is not reconcilable with the present state of civilized society. J. Quincy.