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ConciatorConciator Con"ci*a`tor, n. [It. conciatore, fr. conciare to
adjust, dress, fr. L. comtus, p. p. See Compt, a.] (Glass
Works)
The person who weighs and proportions the materials to be
made into glass, and who works and tempers them. Concierge
Concierge Con`cierge", n. [F.]
One who keeps the entrance to an edifice, public or private;
a doorkeeper; a janitor, male or female.
Conciergerie
Conciergerie Con`cier`ge*rie", n. [F.]
1. The office or lodge of a concierge or janitor.
2. A celebrated prison, attached to the Palais de Justice in
Paris.
ConciliableConciliable Con*cil"i*a*ble, n. [L. conciliabulum, fr.
concitium assembly: cf. F. conciliabule. See Council.]
A small or private assembly, especially of an ecclesiastical
nature. [Obs.] --Bacon. Conciliable
Conciliable Con*cil"i*a*ble, a. [Cf. F. conciliable.]
Capable of being conciliated or reconciled. --Milton.
ConciliabuleConciliabule Con*cil"i*a*bule, n. [See Conciliable, n.]
An obscure ecclesiastical council; a conciliable. --Milman. Conciliar
Conciliar Con*cil"i*ar, Conciliary Con*cil"i*a*rya. [Cf. F.
conciliare.]
Of or pertaining to, or issued by, a council. --Jer. Taylor.
Conciliary
Conciliar Con*cil"i*ar, Conciliary Con*cil"i*a*rya. [Cf. F.
conciliare.]
Of or pertaining to, or issued by, a council. --Jer. Taylor.
Conciliation
Conciliation Con*cil`i*a"tion, n. [L. conciliatio.]
The act or process of conciliating; the state of being
conciliated.
The house has gone further; it has declared
conciliation admissible previous to any submission on
the part of America. --Burke.
Conciliative
Conciliative Con*cil"i*a*tive, a.
Conciliatory. --Coleridge.
Conciliator
Conciliator Con*cil"i*a`tor, n. [L.]
One who conciliates.
Conciliatory
Conciliatory Con*cil"i*a*to*ry (?; 106), a.
Tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating.
The only alternative, therefore, was to have recourse
to the conciliatory policy. --Prescott.
ConcinnateConcinnate Con*cin"nate, v. t. [L. concinnatus, p. p. of
concinnare to concinnate. See Concinnity.]
To place fitly together; to adapt; to clear. [Obs.]
--Holland. Concinnity
Concinnity Con*cin"ni*ty, n. [L. concinnitas, fr. concinnus
skillfully put together, beautiful. Of uncertain origin.]
Internal harmony or fitness; mutual adaptation of parts;
elegance; -- used chiefly of style of discourse. [R.]
An exact concinnity and eveness of fancy. --Howell.
Concinnous
Concinnous Con*cin"nous, a. [L. concinnus.]
Characterized by concinnity; neat; elegant. [R.]
The most concinnous and most rotund of proffessors, M.
Heyne. --De Quiency.
Concionate
Concionate Con"cio*nate, v. i. [L. concionatus, p. p. of
concionari to adress.]
To preach. [Obs.] --Lithgow.
Concionator
Concionator Con"cio*na`tor, n. [L.]
1. An haranguer of the people; a preacher.
2. (Old Law) A common councilman. [Obs.]
Concionatory
Concionatory Con"cio*na`to*ry (?; 106), a.
Of or pertaining to preaching or public addresses. [Obs.]
--Howell.
ConciseConcise Con*cise", a. [L. concisus cut off, short, p. p. of
concidere to cut to pieces; con- + caedere to cut; perh. akin
to scindere to cleave, and to E. shed, v. t.; cf. F. concis.]
Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and
compacted; -- used of style in writing or speaking.
The concise style, which expresseth not enough, but
leaves somewhat to be understood. --B. Jonson.
Where the author is . . . too brief and concise,
amplify a little. --I. Watts.
Syn: Laconic; terse; brief; short; compendious; summary;
succinct. See Laconic, and Terse. Concisely
Concisely Con*cise"ly, adv.
In a concise manner; briefly.
Conciseness
Conciseness Con*cise"ness, n.
The quality of being concise.
ConcisionConcision Con*ci"sion, n. [L. concisio: cf. F. concision. See
Concise.]
A cutting off; a division; a schism; a faction. --South. ConcitationConcitation Con`ci*ta"tion, n. [L. concitatio. See Concite.]
The act of stirring up, exciting, or agitating. [Obs.] ``The
concitation of humors.' --Sir T. Browne. Concite
Concite Con*cite", v. t. [L. concitare; con- + citare. See
Cite.]
To excite or stir up. [Obs.] --Cotgrave.
EnsconcingEnsconce En*sconce", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ensconced; imp. &
p. p. Ensconcing.]
To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or
hide securely; to conceal.
She shall not see me: I will ensconce me behind the
arras. --Shak. Haltica concinnaHop Hop, n. [OE. hoppe; akin to D. hop, hoppe, OHG. hopfo, G.
hopfen; cf. LL. hupa, W. hopez, Armor. houpez, and Icel.
humall, SW. & Dan. humle.]
1. (Bot.) A climbing plant (Humulus Lupulus), having a
long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its
fruit (hops).
2. The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in
brewing to give a bitter taste.
3. The fruit of the dog-rose. See Hip.
Hop back. (Brewing) See under 1st Back.
Hop clover (Bot.), a species of yellow clover having heads
like hops in miniature (Trifolium agrarium, and T.
procumbens).
Hop flea (Zo["o]l.), a small flea beetle (Haltica
concinna), very injurious to hops.
Hop fly (Zo["o]l.), an aphid (Phorodon humuli), very
injurious to hop vines.
Hop froth fly (Zo["o]l.), an hemipterous insect
(Aphrophora interrupta), allied to the cockoo spits. It
often does great damage to hop vines.
Hop hornbeam (Bot.), an American tree of the genus Ostrya
(O. Virginica) the American ironwood; also, a European
species (O. vulgaris).
Hop moth (Zo["o]l.), a moth (Hypena humuli), which in the
larval state is very injurious to hop vines.
Hop picker, one who picks hops.
Hop pole, a pole used to support hop vines.
Hop tree (Bot.), a small American tree (Ptelia
trifoliata), having broad, flattened fruit in large
clusters, sometimes used as a substitute for hops.
Hop vine (Bot.), the climbing vine or stalk of the hop. InconcinneInconcinne In`con*cinne", a. [See Inconcinnous.]
Dissimilar; incongruous; unsuitable. [Obs.] --Cudworth. Inconcinnity
Inconcinnity In`con*cin"ni*ty, n. [L. inconcinnitas.]
Want of concinnity or congruousness; unsuitableness.
There is an inconcinnity in admitting these words.
--Trench.
InconcinnousInconcinnous In`con*cin"nous, a. [L. inconcinnus. See In-
not, and Concinnity.]
Not concinnous; unsuitable; discordant. [Obs.] --Cudworth. Irreconcilability
Irreconcilability Ir*rec`on*ci`la*bil"i*ty, n.
The quality or state of being irreconcilable;
irreconcilableness.
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