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A gallery or circle in a theater, generally the first above the floor, in which originally dress clothes were customarily worn.

A curtain which drops or falls in front of the stage of a theater, etc.

and New Guinea. They are toothless and covered with spines; -- called also porcupine ant-eater, and Australian ant-eater.

An order of mammals including the armadillos, sloths, and anteaters; -- called also Bruta. The incisor teeth are rarely developed, and in some groups all the teeth are lacking.

The number greater by a unit than seven; eight units or objects.

The number greater by a unit than seventeen; eighteen units or objects.

To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice.

ntries under the jurisdiction and dominion of an emperor (rarely of a king), usually of greater extent than a kingdom, always comprising a variety in the nationality of, or the forms of administration in, constituent and subordinate portions; as, the Austrian empire. Empire carries with it the idea of a vast and compli…

To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, and the like; as, knowledge enlarges the mind. O ye Corinthians, our . . . heart is enlarged. 2 Cor. vi. 11.

blic, by performances of some kind; amusement. Theatrical entertainments conducted with greater elegance and refinement. Prescott.

A group of edentates, including the ant-eaters.

Any small entertainment between two greater ones. [R.]

A circle, whose center moves round in the circumference of a greater circle; or a small circle, whose center, being fixed in the deferent of a planet, is carried along with the deferent, and yet, by its own peculiar motion, carries the body of the planet fastened to it round its proper center. The schoolmen were like a…

A separate incident, story, or action, introduced for the purpose of giving a greater variety to the events related; an incidental narrative, or digression, separable from the main subject, but naturally arising from it.

and intensity, and to any subject which admits of them; neither inferior nor superior, greater nor less, better nor worse; corresponding; alike; as, equal quantities of land, water, etc. ; houses of equal size; persons of equal stature or talents; commodities of equal value.

erent values of the quantities sought, and the number of equations that may be found is greater than the number of unknown quantities. -- Equation of a curve (Math.), an equation which expresses the relation between the coördinates of every point in the curve. -- Equation of equinoxes (Astron.), the difference betwee…

lish words, denoting the agent; -- applied either to men or things; as in hater, farmer, heater, grater. At the end of names of places, -er signifies a man of the place; as, Londoner, i. e., London man.

f a fluid into vapor, in order to obtain the fixed matter contained in it in a state of greater consistence.

A wound, of large extent, in the abdomen, through which the greater part of the intestines protrude.

To be more or greater; to be paramount. Shak.