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The act or process of forming into a ball. Sir T. Browne.

A company of religious persons forming a subdivision of a monastic order.

nsiderations, to search an asylum. Dryden. Some considerations which are necessary to the forming of a correct judgment. Macaulay.

he process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

Of or pertaining to a consul; performing the duties of a consul; as, consular power; consular dignity; consular officers.

the voice or singer performing this part; as, her voice is a contralto; she is a contralto.

c.; as, the coördination of the executive, the legislative, and the judicial authority in forming a government; the act of regulating and combining so as to produce harmonious results; harmonious adjustment; as, a coördination of functions. "Coördination of muscular movement by the cerebellum." Carpenter.…

A deposit of coralliferous limestone forming a portion of the middle division of the oölite; -- called also coral-rag.

A plastic operation on the pupil, as for forming an artificial pupil. -- Cor`e*plas"tic (-plas"tik), a.

Producing horns; forming horn.

An inner appendage to a petal or a corolla, often forming a special cup, as in the daffodil and jonquil.

The principal gaseous substance forming the solar corona, characterized by a green line in the coronal spectrum.

to a plastic force as operative in the formation of the world independently of God; world-forming. "Cosmoplastic and hylozoic atheisms." Gudworth.

ntingents of irregular cavalry to its armies, those of Little Russia and those of the Don forming the principal divisions.

An outpost consisting of four men, forming one of a single line of posts substituted for the more formal line of sentinels and line of pickets.

l with the cutting edge or edges normal to the axis; -- used for enlarging a hole, or for forming a flat-bottomed recess at its mouth.

An enlargement of the upper part of a hole, forming a cavity or depression for receiving the head of a screw or bolt.

A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.

A layer of tiles forming a corona for a wall.

Letter of credit, a letter or notification addressed by a banker to his correspondent, informing him that the person named therein is entitled to draw a certain sum of money; when addressed to several different correspondents, or when the money can be drawn in fractional sums in several different places, it is called…