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The point of union between two parts, as the angles of the lips or eyelids, the mandibles of a bird, etc.

sible images. Tillotson. He that complies against his will Is of his own opinion still. Hudibras.

R. Carew. Compound for sins they are inclined to By damning those they have no mind to. Hudibras.

, or crime. Religious houses made compounders For the horrid actions of their founders. Hudibras.

ited; to forbid. [Obs.] The law severly contrabands Our taking business of men's hands. Hudibras.

s, the conversion of a horse. Or bring my action of conversion And trover for my goods. Hudibras.

o long as we are in the regions of nature, miraculous and improbable, miraculous and incredible, may be allowed to remain convertible terms. Trench.

An important edible West Indian fish (Epinephelus apua); the hind of Bermuda.

s), a European shrub with clusters of small, greenish flowers, followed by very acid but edible drupes resembling cherries.

Corrodibility. "Corrosibility . . . answers corrosiveness." Boyle.

Corrodible. Bailey.

An umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum Cous) with edible tuberous roots, found in Oregon. [Written also cous.]

r dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged. Over moist and crazy brains. Hudibras.

Having credit or authority; credible. [Obs.] For my authority bears of a credent bulk. Shak.

crackling sound; crackling; rattling. Crepitant rale (Med.), a peculiar crackling sound audible with inspiration in pneumonia and other lung disease.

A twist or bend; a turn; a whimsey. [Colloq.] Hudibras.

A bird of the genus Loxia, allied to the finches. Their mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other; the crossbeak.

A heathlike plant of the genus Empetrum, and its fruit, a black, scarcely edible berry; -- also called crakeberry.

To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child. Ye shall cry for sorrow of heart. Is. lxv. 14. I could find it in my heart to disgrace my man's apparel and to cry like a woman. Shak.

A group of nudibranch mollusks.