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ting together; uniting closely; causing to adhere; promoting healing, as of a wound or a broken bone, by adhesion of the parts.

tenacious substance; to cause to adhere or to grow together. Bones . . . have had their broken parts conglutinated within three or four days. Boyle.

To unite by means of applications, as the parts of a broken bone, or the lips of a wound. [R.]

One who adheres to the constitution of the country. Bolingbroke.

nsultation; also, the result of consulation; determination; decision. [Obs.] The council broke; And all grave consults dissolved in smoke. Dryden.

Uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; continued. An untirable and continuate goodness. Shak.

t break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted; extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous current of electricity. he can hear its continuous murmur. Longfellow.

Thoroughly bruised or broken. [Obs.]

A soft, whitish, coral-like stone, formed of broken shells and corals, found in the southern United States, and used for roadbeds and for building material, as in the fort at St. Augustine, Florida.

rly that used by the Romans; used also by Enlish soldiers till the reign of Edward I. Fosbroke.

h stock or property to buy of them at their own price; as, a corner in a railway stock. [Broker's Cant] Corner stone, the stone which lies at the corner of two walls, and unites them; the principal stone; especially, the stone which forms the corner of the foundation of an edifice; hence, that which is fundamental impo…

The wheel in a clock which regulates the number of strokes.

A blow in an opposite direction; a stroke that stops motion or cause a recoil.

A coverlet; a cover for a bed, often stitched or broken into squares; a counterpane. See 1st Counterpane. Embroidered coverlets or counterpoints of purple silk. Sir T. North.

A sudden stroke; an unexpected device or stratagem; -- a term used in various ways to convey the idea of promptness and force. Coup de grace (ke gr Etym: [F.], the stroke of mercy with which an executioner ends by death the sufferings of the condemned; hence, a decisive, finishing stroke. -- Coup de main (ke m Etym: […

To caress with the hand; to stroke. Come sit thee down upon this flowery bed, While I thy amiable cheeks do coy. Shak.

o raise his oar clear of the water; (b) when he misses the water altogether in making a stroke.

A sharp, sudden sound or report; the sound of anything suddenly burst or broken; as, the crack of a falling house; the crack of thunder; the crack of a whip. Will the stretch out to the crack of doom Shak.

Coarsely ground or broken; as, cracked wheat.

A case for a broken or dislocated limb.