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n. Conjoint tetrachords (Mus.), two tetrachords or fourths, where the same note is the highest of one and the lowest of the other; -- also written conjunct.

or combination of events or circumstances; plight resulting from various conditions. He [Chesterfield] had recently governed Ireland, at a momentous conjuncture, with eminent firmness, wisdom, and humanity. Macaulay.

rate. [A Latinism] Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sons Conjured against the Highest. Milton.

Carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect. "A man of perfect and consummate virtue." Addison. The little band held the post with consummate tenacity. Motley

The part sung by the highest male or lowest female voices; the alto or counter tenor.

Anything in or by which liquids or other things are cooled, as an ice chest, a vessel for ice water, etc.

The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often with sloping edges to carry off water; -- sometimes called capping. Gwill.

An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part. From the four corners of the earth they come. Shak.

furnished with valves or pistons, now used in bands, and, in place of the trumpet, in orchestras. See Cornet-à-piston. (c) A certain organ stop or register.

An article of dress inclosing the chest and waist worn (chiefly by women) to support the body or to modify its shape; stays.

You must be frank, but without indiscretion; and close, but without being costive. Lord Chesterfield.

To go on prosperously; to succeed. [Obs.] New, Hephestion, does not this matter cotton as I would Lyly.

A sudden, noisy, and violent expulsion of air from the chest, caused by irritation in the air passages, or by the reflex action of nervous or gastric disorder, etc.

ce; but these powers are now abridged. The counties palatine, in England, are Lancaster, Chester, and Durham. -- County rates, rates levied upon the county, and collected by the boards of guardians, for the purpose of defraying the expenses to which counties are liable, such as repairing bridges, jails, etc. [Eng.] --…

engines, what instruments are used in craning up a soul, sunk below the center, to the highest heavens. Bates. An upstart craned up to the height he has. Massinger.

er the ridge of a roof, fitting upon it like a saddle. -- Interior crest (Fort.), the highest line of the parapet.

The top, end, or highest part of anything, especially of a plant or tree. [Obs.] "Crop and root." Chaucer.

To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear. She folded her arms across her chest, And crouched her head upon her breast. Colerige.

Highest state; acme; consummation; perfection. Mutual love, the crown of all our bliss. Milton.

ric; as, cubic cleavage. See Crystallization. Cubic equation, an equation in which the highest power of the unknown quantity is a cube. -- Cubic foot, a volume equivalent to a cubical solid which measures a foot in each of its dimensions. -- Cubic number, a number produced by multiplying a number into itself, and tha…