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by, custom; established by common usage; conventional; habitual. Even now I met him With customary compliment. Shak. A formal customary attendance upon the offices. South.

Usual; customary. [Archaic] Featley.

bearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary gratifications of animal or sensual propensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages, -- called also total abstinence. The abstinence from a present pleasure that offers itself is a pain…

Habitual; customary; wonted. "Accustomable goodness." Latimer.

Familiar through use; usual; customary. "An accustomed action." Shak.

A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret.

The letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of letters or signs which form the elements of written language.

In an alphabetic manner; in the customary order of the letters.

or movement from right to left. Hence: The lines of this part of the choral song. It was customary, on some occasions, to dance round the altars whilst they sang the sacred hymns, which consisted of three stanzas or parts; the first of which, called strophe, was sung in turning from east to west; the other, named anti…

A certain quantity of a commodity, such as it is customary to carry to market in a sack; as, a bag of pepper or hops; a bag of coffee. Bag and baggage, all that belongs to one. -- To give one the bag, to disappoint him. [Obs.] Bunyan.

To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action; as, certain drugs bind the bowels.

According to prescribed or customary rules and forms; devoted to forms and ceremonies; formally respectful; punctilious. "Ceremonious phrases." Addison. Too ceremonious and traditional. Shak.

Often met with; usual; frequent; customary. Grief more than common grief. Shak.

An idea or expression wanting originality or interest; a trite or customary remark; a platitude.

An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real eatate, in which it is customary to privide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation. Compensation balance, or Compensated balance, a kind of balance wheel for a timepiece. The rim is usually made of two di…

To take leave with the customary civilities; to bow or courtesy.

According to custom; customary; usual. [R.]

Customary.

o social formalities or usages; that which is established by conventional use; one of the customary usages of social life.

Having frequent or customary intercourse; familiary associated; intimately acquainted. I have been conversant with the first persons of the age. Dryden.