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Having, or abounding with, mites.

Departure from the ordinary type; irregularity; monstrosity. "An abnormity . . . like a calf born with two heads." Mrs. Whitney.

ividuals, societies, or nations; friendly relations; good understanding; as, a treaty of amity and commerce; the amity of the Whigs and Tories. To live on terms of amity with vice. Cowper.

mousness; also, that which anonymous. [R.] He rigorously insisted upon the rights of anonymity. Carlyle.

A double form.

A state or time of distress or misfortune; misery. The deliberations of calamity are rarely wise. Burke. Where'er I came I brought calamity. Tennyson.

One of a number of processes by which an impression from an engraved plate is obtained in relief, to be used for printing on an ordinary printing press.

nd suavity of manners; courtesy between equals; friendly equals; friendly civility; as, comity of manners; the comity of States. Comity of nations (International Law), the courtesy by which nations recognize within their own territory, or in their courts, the peculiar institutions of another nation or the rights and pr…

Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; -- followed by to, with, or between.

y of shape or features; ugliness. To make an envious mountain on my back, Where sits deformity to mock my body. Shak.

Likeness to deity. [Obs.]

Irregularity of form; diversity of form; want of uniformity. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

A cotton fabric employed for hangings and furniture coverings, and formerly used for women's under-garments. It is of many patterns, both plain and twilled, and occasionally is printed in colors.

Want of conformity or correspondence; inconsistency; disagreement. Those . . . in some disconformity to ourselves. Milton. Disagreement and disconformity betwixt the speech and the conception of the mind. Hakewill.

Discordance or diversity of form; unlikeness in form. Uniformity or disformity in comparing together the respective figures of bodies. S. Clarke.

The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition. No ground of enmity between us known. Milton.

of exceeding a measure or rule, or of being immoderate, monstrous, or outrageous. The enormity of his learned acquisitions. De Quincey.

ly elated or depressed; patience; calmness; composure; as, to bear misfortunes with equanimity.

The utmost point; highest degree; most aggravated or intense form. "The extremity of bodily pain." Ray.

Strength; firmness; stability. [Obs.] Chillingworth.