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To cut; to separate and remove; to resolve or break up, as by medicines. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.

A falling on or upon; an incident; an event. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Incidence. [Obs.] Shak.

ordinary course of common affairs is disposed of by general laws, so likewise men's rarer incident necessities and utilities should be with special equity considered. Hooker.

design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses. By some, religious duties . . . appear to be regarded . . . as an incidental business. Rogers.

Incidentally. [Obs.]

The angle between the chord of an aërocurve and the relative direction of the undisturbed air current.

two equal triangles, when placed one on the other. If the equator and the ecliptic had coincided, it would have rendered the annual revoluton of the earth useless. Cheyne.

The condition of occupying the same place in space; as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc. Bentley.

Coincidence. [R.]

Having coincidence; occupying the same place; contemporaneous; concurrent; -- followed by with. Christianity teaches nothing but what is perfectly suitable to, and coincident with, the ruling principles of a virtuous and well- inclined man. South.

Coincident.

With coincidence.

One who coincides with another in an opinion.

The quality of being incoincident; want of coincidence. [R.]

Not coincident; not agreeing in time, in place, or principle.

Lack of coincidence.

Not coincident.

A binary compound of zinc. [R.]

Accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; additional; connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or contributory; said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot; accessory sounds in music.