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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Cōnch'i-fer, n. p. 266(Zoöl.) An animal of the subdivision Acephal, of the subkingdom Mollusca. See MOLLUSK.Conch-if'er-ous, a. p. 266Producing or having shells.Conch'i-fōrm, a. p. 266Conch-shaped.Conch'ite, n. p. 266(Palæon.) A fossil or petrified conch or shell.Conch'oid, n. p. 266(Geom.) A curve, of the fourth order, first made use of by Nicomedes, who invented it for the purpose of bisecting an angle. Math. Dict.Con-choid'al, a. p. 266(Min.) Having elevations or depressions in form like the valve of a bivalve shell; — applied principally to a surface produced by fracture. Dana.Cōn'chō-lōg'ie-al, a. p. 266Pertaining to conchology.Con-chōl'o-gīst, n. p. 266One versed in the natural history of shells; one who studies the nature, properties, and habits of shells and their included animals.Con-chōl'o-gy, n. p. 266The doctrine or science of shells and the animals that inhabit them; malacology. See MOLLUSK. Dana.Con-chōm'e-ter, n. p. 267An instrument for measuring the angle of the spire of shells. Duma.Cōnch'o-spī'ral, n. p. 267A kind of spiral curve exemplified in shells. Agassiz.Con-chy-lā'ceous, a. p. 267Of, or pertaining to, shells. Craig.Con-chŷl'i-ā'ceous, a. p. 267Pertaining to shells; resembling a shell; conchylious; as, conchyliaceous impressions. Kirwan.Con-chŷl'i-ŏl'o-gist or Con-chŷl'i-ŏl'o-gy, n. p. 267See CONCHOLOGIST, and CONCHOLOGY.Con-chŷl'i-ŏm'e-try, n. p. 267The art or science of measuring shells or their curves.Con-chŷl'i-oŭs, a. p. 267Of the nature or species of shells.Cōn'ci-ā'tor, n. p. 267(Glass Works.) The person who weighs and proportions the salt on ashes and sand, and who works and tempers them.Con-cierger, n. p. 267One who keeps the entrance to an edifice, public or private; a porter; a janitor.Con-cĭl'i-a-ble, n. p. 267A small or private assembly, especially of an ecclesiastical nature. [Obs.] “Conventicles and conciliables of heretics and schismatics.” Bacon.Con-cil'i-a-ble, a. p. 267Capable of being conciliated or reconciled. [Obs.] Milton.Con-čil'i-a-bŭle, n. p. 267An obscure ecclesiastical council. Milman.Con-cil'i-ar or Con-cil'i-a-ry, a. p. 267Pertaining or relating to a council. [Obs.] “Free and conciliar debates.” Baker.Con-cĭl'i-āte, v. t. p. 267To win over; to gain from a state of indifference or hostility. The capacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent, that it was found expedient to conciliate the…Con-cĭl'i-ā'tion, n. p. 267The act of winning over or bringing to agreement; reconciliation. The house has gone further; it has declared conciliation admissible previous to any submission on the part of America. Burke.Con-cĭl'i-ā'tor, n. p. 267One who conciliates or reconciles.Con-cil'i-a-to-ry, a. p. 267Tending to conciliate; pacific. The only alternative, therefore, was to have recourse to the conciliatory policy. Prescott.Con-cĭn'nāte, v. t. p. 267To place fitly together; to adapt; to clear. [Obs.] Holland.Con-çin'ni-ty, n. p. 267Internal harmony or fitness; mutual adaptation of parts; — used chiefly of style of discourse. [R.] “An exact concinnity and evenness of fancy.” Howell.Con-çin'noŭs, a. p. 267Characterized by concinnity; harmonious; fit; neat. [Rare.]Cōn'ci-o-nā-tive, a. p. 267Pertaining to preaching. [Rare.]Cŏn'ci-o-na-ry, a. p. 267Concionatory. [Obs.] Selden.Cōn'ci-o-nāte, v. i. p. 267To preach. [Obs.] Lithgow.Cŏn'ci-o-nā'tor, n. p. 267A preacher. [Obs.] Cockram.Cŏn'ci-o-na-to-ry, a. p. 267Pertaining to preaching or discourse to a public assembly. [Obs.] Howell.Con-cīse’, a. p. 267Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and comprehensive; — used of style in reading or speaking. The concise style, which expresseth not enough, but leaves somewhat to be understood. B.…Con-cīse'ly, adv. p. 267In few words; comprehensively; briefly.Con-cīse'ness, n. p. 267Brevity in speaking or writing. “The conciseness of Demosthenes.” Dryden.Con-cĭs'ion, n. p. 267A cutting off; hence, a division; a faction. Those of the concision who made it [the division] would do well to consider whether that which our Savior assures us will destroy a kingdom, be the…Cŏn'ci-tā'tion, n. p. 267The act of stirring up, exciting, or agitating. “The concitation of humors.” Browne.Con-ci'te', v. t. p. 267To excite. [Obs.] Cotgrave.Con-cit'i-zen, n. p. 267A fellow-citizen. [Rare.] Knox.Exclā-mā'tion, n. p. 267An outcry or shout of many together. [Obs.] “Before his funeral conclamation.” Moy.cŏn'clāve, n. p. 267A private apartment, particularly the room in which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic church meet in privacy, for the election of a pope. 2. The assembly of the cardinals, shut up for the election…Cŏn'cla-vĭst, n. p. 267An attendant whom a cardinal is allowed to take with him into the conclave.Con-el'i-māte, v. t. p. 267To inure to a climate; to acclimate. [Rare.]Con-clūde',, v. t. p. 267To shut up; to inclose. [Obs.] The very person of Christ . . . was only touching bodily substance, concluded within the grave. Hooker. 2. To include; to comprehend. [Obs.] For God hath concluded them…Con-clūde', v. i. p. 267To come to a termination; to close; to end; to terminate. A train of lies, That, made in lust, conclude in perjuries. Dryden. 2. To form a final judgment; to decide. Then, grandam, you conclude that…Con-clū'den-cy, n. p. 267Deduction from premises; inference. [Obs.] Abatements that may take away a necessary and infallible concludency in these evidences of fact. Hale.Con-clüd'ent, a. p. 267Bringing to a close; decisive. [Obs.] Arguments highly consequential and concludent to my purpose. Hale.Con-clu'der, n. p. 267One who concludes. Montagu.Con-clu'ding-ly, adv. p. 267In a conclusive manner. [Rare.] Digby.Con-clu'si-ble, a. p. 267Capable of being concluded or inferred; determinable. [Obs.] Hammond.Con-clu'sion, n. p. 267The last part of any thing; close; termination. A flourish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest. Prescott. 2. Final decision; determination. And the conclusion is, she shall be thine…Con-clū'sion-al, a. p. 267Concluding. [Obs.] Hooper.Con-clū'sive, a. p. 267Belonging to a close or termination; decisive; putting an end to debate or question; leading to a conclusion or decision. “Secret reasons . . . equally conclusive for us as they were for them.”…Con-clū'sive-ly, adv. p. 267In the way of conclusion; decisively. Burke.Con-clū’sive-ness, n. p. 267The quality of being conclusive or decisive; as, the conclusiveness of evidence, or of an argument. Hale.Con-clu'so-ry, a. p. 267Conclusive. [Rare.]Cŏn'co-ăg'ū-lāte, v. t. p. 267To curdle or congeal with or together. [Rare.] Boyle.Cŏn'co-ăg'ū-lā'tion, n. p. 267A coagulating together, as different substances or bodies, in one mass; crystallization of different salts in the same menstruum. [Rare.] Coxe.