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Mutual or reciprocal relation; correlation.

The quality or state of being irrelative; want of connection or relation.

The act of isolating, or the state of being isolated; insulation; separation; loneliness. Milman.

The act of tossing, throwing, or hurling, as spears. Hurled to and fro with jaculation dire. Milton.

A triumphant shouting; rejoicing; exultation. "Jubilations and hallelujahs." South.

An imperfect enunciation of the letter r, in which it sounds like l.

The state of being, or the act of making, stony.

legislating; preparation and enactment of laws; the laws enacted. Pythagoras joined legislation to his philosophy. Lyttelton.

An opening between the corbels which support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, shooting or dropping missiles upen assailants attacking the base of the walls. Also, the construction of such defenses, in general, when of this character. See Illusts. of Battlement and Castle.…

The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish. Shak.

Imperfect digestion of the several leading constituents of the food.

rk by hand; use of the hands, in an artistic or skillful manner, in science or art. Manipulation is to the chemist like the external senses to the mind. Whewell.

The act or process of matriculating; the state of being matriculated.

Erroneous relation or narration. Abp. Bramhall.

Wrong translation.

The act of modulating, or the state of being modulated; as, the modulation of the voice.

The process of cleavage, or segmentation, of the ovum, by which a morula is formed.

The act of uttering the sound of a mouillé letter.

The muscular system of an animal, or of any of its parts.

The act of mutilating, or the state of being mutilated; deprivation of a limb or of an essential part.