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Bearing a tuft of soft hairs or down, as the seeds of milkweed. Gray.

A praying together. [Obs.] Bp. Wilkins.

Capable of being conceived, imagined, or understood. "Any conceivable weight." Bp. Wilkins. It is not conceivable that it should be indeed that very person whose shape and voice it assumed. Atterbury. -- Con*ceiv"a*ble*ness, n. -- Con*ceiv"a*bly, adv.

concourse were to be seen the noble ladies of Milan, in gay, fantastic cars, shining in silk brocade. Prescott.

cold or pressure; as, to condense gas into a liquid form, or steam into water. Condensed milk, milk reduced to the consistence of very thick cream by evaporation (usually with addition of sugar) for preservation and transportation. -- Condensing engine, a steam engine in which the steam is condensed after having exert…

To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains). McElrath.

The state or quality of being conducible; conducibleness. Bp. Wilkins.

that some urns have had inscriptions on them expressing that the lamps were burning. Bp. Wilkins. Eternity is infinitely the most considerable duration. Tillotson.

ived, planned, invented, or devised. A perpetual motion may seem easily contrivable. Bp. Wilkins.

To make the noise of the cuckoo. [Obs. or R.] Constant cuckoos cook on every side. The Silkworms (1599).

A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.

Plain; undyed; -- applied to Indian silk. -- n.

Doubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc. McElrath.

A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter. Thilke lord . . . to whom no counsel may be hid. Gower.

es; a counterpane. See 1st Counterpane. Embroidered coverlets or counterpoints of purple silk. Sir T. North.

Sticking plaster made by coating taffeta or silk on one side with some adhesive substance, commonly a mixture of isinglass and glycerin.

actodendron) of South America, which yields, on incision, a nourishing fluid, resembling milk.

A thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill. Black crape is much used for mourning garments, also for the dress of some clergymen. A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn. Pope. Crape myrtle (Bot.), a very ornamental shrub (Lagerströmia Indica) from the East Indies, often planted in the Sou…

A neckcloth; a piece of silk, fine muslin, or other cloth, worn by men about the neck. While his wig was combed and his cravat tied. Macualay.

eceives a blow; -- called also funny bone. -- Crazy quilt, a bedquilt made of pieces of silk or other material of various sizes, shapes, and colors, fancifully stitched together without definite plan or arrangement.