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whether of persons of things. "Some . . . bond of association." Hooker. Self-denial is a kind of holy association with God. Boyle.

To separate and distribute into classes, as things of a like kind, nature, or quality, or which are suited to a like purpose; to classify; as, to assort goods.

Act of assorting, or distributing into sorts, kinds, or classes.

A kettledrum; a kind of tabor, used by the Moors. Croly.

A rich kind of satin manufactured in India. Brande & C.

A kind of chætopod larva in which no circles of cilia are developed.

To mix in just proportion; to regulate; as, a mind well attempered with kindness and justice.

To draw by influence of a moral or emotional kind; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure; as, to attract admirers. Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze. Milton.

o its common audit no more than the revenues of a little cloud. Jer. Taylor. Audit ale, a kind of ale, brewed at the English universities, orig. for the day of audit. -- Audit house, Audit room, an appendage to a cathedral, for the transaction of its business.

A rude balance for weighing, and a kind of weight, formerly used in England. Halliwell.

ate of copper and zinc, found in pale green or blue crystalline aggregations. It yields a kind of brass on reduction.

An instrument applied to the ears to give aid in hearing; a kind of ear trumpet. Mansfield.

A kind of holothurian larva, with soft, blunt appendages. See Illustration in Appendix.

A kind of French stewpan with a steamtight lid. Knight.

by exposure to light under a negative; and subsequent washing out of the soluble parts; a kind of picture in ink from a gelatin plate.

A kind of glass, containing gold-colored spangles. It was produced in the first place by the accidental (par aventure) dropping of some brass filings into a pot of melted glass.

ause commonly found in bills of lading, "primage and average accustomed," average means a kind of composition established by usage for such charges, which were formerly assessed by way of average. Arnould. Abbott. Phillips.

The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region.

A kind of plum cake.

Finery of a kind to please a child. [Obs.] "Painted babery." Sir P. Sidney.