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liant; as, a complaisant gentleman. There are to whom my satire seems too bold: Scarce to wise Peter complaisant enough. Pope.

Folded together, or upon itself, with the fold running lengthwise.

Flattened lengthwise. Compessed air engine, an engine operated by the elastic force of compressed air.

ception. In laughing, there ever procedeth a conceit of somewhat ridiculous. Bacon. A man wise in his own conceit. Prov. xxvi. 12.

An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn. [Obs.] We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and inoculating. Bacon.

Accompanying; conjoined; attending. It has pleased our wise Creator to annex to several objects, as also to several of our thoughts, a concomitant pleasure. Locke.

Folded lengthwise along the midrib, the upper face being within; -- said of leaves or petals in vernation or æstivation.

rong repulsive odor and acrid taste. It is regarded as a derivative of piperidine and likewise of one of the collidines. It occasions a gradual paralysis of the motor nerves. Called also coniine, coneine, conia, etc. See Conium, 2.

One who conjectures shrewdly or judges wisely; a man of sagacity. [Obs.] Addison.

The act of growing together. [Obs.] Wiseman.

or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong; -- said of a person. The advice of wise and conscientious men. Prescott.

es of a city, corporation, community, or estate. The lords of the secret council were likewise made conservators of the peace of the two kingdoms. Clarendon. The conservator of the estate of an idiot. Bouvier. Conservators of the River Thames, a board of comissioners instituted by Parliament to have the conservancy of…

ourage and considerate pride. Milton. considerate, and careful of his people. Dryden. The wisest and most considerate men in the world. Sharp.

To send or address (by bill of lading or otherwise) to an agent or correspondent in another place, to be cared for or sold, or for the use of such correspondent; as, to cosign a cargo or a ship; to set apart.

shipper of merchandise, and the person to whom it is addressed, by bill of lading or otherwise. De Colange.

Plaited lengthwise and twisted in addition, as the bud of the morning-glory. Gray.

Rising to a point or head; conical; pointed; crested. Wiseman.

inkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn a tongue.

Any horizontal, molded or otherwise decorated projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed; as, the cornice of an order, pedestal, door, window, or house. Gwilt. Cornice ring, the ring on a cannon next behind the muzzle ring.

Having the coronal feathers lengthened or otherwise distinguished; -- said of birds.