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ion when the operations are mentally performed and only the results written down; -- used principally when the divisor is not greater than ten or twelve.

stand as a general substitute or representative verb, and thus save the repetition of the principal verb. "To live and die is all we have to do." Denham. In the case of do and did as auxiliaries, the sense may be completed by the infinitive (without to) of the verb represented. "When beauty lived and died as flowers do…

ve been compiled under the direction of King Alfred. It is supposed to have contained the principal maxims of the common law, the penalties for misdemeanors, and the forms of judicial proceedings. Domebook was probably a general name for book of judgments. Burrill.

Milton. By him were all things created . . . whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers. Col. i. 16.

A name applied in Germany to the Permian formation, there consisting of two principal groups.

One of the principal names by which God is designated in the Hebrew Scriptures.

The inner or principal branch of the oral appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilla.

The internal or principal branch of the locomotive appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilliped.

A side dish; a dainty or relishing dish usually eaten after the joints or principal dish; also, a sweetmeat, served with a dinner.

The closing part of a discourse, in which the principal matters are recapitulated; a conclusion.

among others of the same class or kind; special; concerning a species or a single object; principal; particular; as, in an especial manner or degree.

The dominion of an ethnarch; principality and rule. Wright.

The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property.

The leaving of the disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure. Expectation of life, the mean or average duration of the life individuals after any specified age.

The front of a building; esp., the principal front, having some architectural pretensions. Thus a church is said to have its facade unfinished, though the interior may be in use.

The principal dressed surface of a plate, disk, or pulley; the principal flat surface of a part or object.

or or for favor (Law), the challenge of a juror on grounds not sufficient to constitute a principal challenge, but sufficient to give rise to a probable suspicion of favor or bias, such as acquaintance, business relation, etc. See Principal challenge, under Challenge. -- In favor of, upon the side of; favorable to; fo…

The mechanism for closing the breech of a breech-loading firearm, in artillery consisting principally of the breechblock, obturator, and carrier ring.

Adherence to truth; veracity; honesty. The principal thing required in a witness is fidelity. Hooker.

The principal rafters of a roof, especially a pair of rafters taken together. [Obs.]