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A telescope arranged and used to determine errors of collimation, both vertical and horizontal. Nichol.

miration; a flattering speech or attention; a ceremonious greeting; as, to send one's compliments to a friend. Tedious waste of time, to sit and hear So many hollow compliments and lies. Milton. Many a compliment politely penned. Cowper. To make one a compliment, to show one respect; to praise one in a flattering way.L…

Complimentary. [Obs.] Languages . . . grow rich and abundant in complimental phrases, and such froth. Sir H. Wotton. -- Com`pli*men"tal*ly, adv. [Obs.] Boyle. -- Com`pli*men"tal*ness, n. [Obs.] Hammond.

Expressive of regard or praise; of the nature of, or containing, a compliment; as, a complimentary remark; a complimentary ticket. "Complimentary addresses." Prescott.

Complimentary. [R.] Boswell.

One who compliments; one given to complimenting; a flatterer.

To fix the limits of; to demarcate; to bound.

The act or process of fixing limits or boundaries; limitation. Gladstone.

To tear limb from limb; to dismember. [Obs.] Bailey.

To efface, as a picture. [Obs.] Shak.

An instrument for accurately determining the ductility of metals.

To render smooth; to polish. [Obs.]

The result of eliminating n variables between n homogeneous equations of any degree; -- called also resultant.

To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty. Eliminate my spirit, give it range Through provinces of thought yet unexplored. Young.

The act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction. [See Eliminate,

Relating to, or carrying on, elimination.

To adorn by illuminating or ornamenting with colored and decorated letters and figures, as a book or manuscript. [R.] Palsgrave.

Being beyond the limit or bounds; as, extraliminary land. Mitford.

A freak; a trick; a lie. Beau. & Fl.

In a flimsy manner.