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Joined or held together; leagued; confederated. [Obs.] "Compact with her that's gone." Shak. A pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together. Peacham.

Compact; pressed close; concentrated; firmly united.

In a compact manner.

A state of being compact.

One who makes a compact.

That may be compacted.

The act of making compact, or the state of being compact. [Obs.] Bacon.

In a compact manner; with close union of parts; densely; tersely.

The state or quality of being compact; close union of parts; density.

or connection of parts; manner of joining; construction. [Obs.] "With comely compass and compacture strong." Spenser.

Not compact; not having the parts firmly united; not solid; incoherent; loose; discrete. Boyle.

To compact or join anew. "Recompact my scattered body." Donne.

Half compact; imperfectly indurated.

Heaped, or growing in heaps, or closely compacted clusters.

A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called figure stone, and pagodite. It is probably a variety of pinite.

A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc.

en families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state; an alliance between France and England.

s; to amalgamate one race with another. Ingratitude is indeed their four cardinal virtues compacted and amalgamated into one. Burke.

A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, in consequence of which it burns with a nearly non luminous flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called glance coal and blind coal.

A very compact, dark-colored