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One of the individual members of a compound coral; or that part formed by a single coral animal. [Written also corallet.]

A member of a French political club of the time of the first Revolution, of which Danton and Marat were members, and which met in an old Cordelier convent in Paris.

d; general; collectively one. They answer in a joint and corporate voice. Shak. Corporate member, an actual or voting member of a corporation, as distinguished from an associate or an honorary member; as, a corporate member of the American Board.

A member of a corporation, esp. one of the original members.

Carrying on intercourse by letters. Corresponding member of a society, one residing at a distance, who has been invited to correspond with the society, and aid in carrying out its designs without taking part in its management.

A member of a council, especially of the common council of a city; a councilor.

A member of a council. [Written also councillor.]

A member of council; one appointed to advise a sovereign or chief magistrate.

kon; to think, judge, or consider. I count myself in nothing else so happy As in a soul remembering my good friends. Shak. To count out. (a) To exclude (one) will not particapate or cannot be depended upon. (b) (House of Commons) To declare adjourned, as a sitting of the House, when it is ascertained that a quorum is n…

A member, whose section is a concave curve, used especially with regard to an inner roof or ceiling, as around a skylight.

A solemn compact between members of a church to maintain its faith, discipline, etc.

A member of a union or association of shoemakers.

cross; crouched. Crutched friar (Eccl.), one of a religious order, so called because its members bore the sign of the cross on their staves and habits; -- called also crossed friar and crouched friar.

An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the integrity of that opening; also, a ring of stone serving a similar purpose, as at the eye of a dome.

A member of a curia, esp. of that of Rome or the later Italian sovereignties.

The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.

us compound is strongly ignited with carbon and soda or potash. It conducts itself like a member of the halogen group of elements, and shows a tendency to form complex compounds. The name is also applied to the univalent radical, CN (the half molecule of cyanogen proper), which was one of the first compound radicals re…

A member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which is wavelike in form.

A genus of small, bivalve, freshwater Crustacea, belonging to the Ostracoda; also, a member of this genus.

dear unto myself. Acts xx. 24. And the last joy was dearer than the rest. Pope. Dear as remember'd kisses after death. Tennyson.