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Contorniate
Contorniate Con*tor"ni*ate, Contorniate Con*tor"ni*a`te, n., [It. contorniato, p. pr. of contorniare to make a circuit or outline, fr. contorno circuit, outline. See Contour.] (Numis.) A species of medal or medallion of bronze, having a deep furrow on the contour or edge; -- supposed to have been struck in the days of Constantine and his successors. --R. S. Poole.
Contorniate
Contorniate Con*tor"ni*ate, Contorniate Con*tor"ni*a`te, n., [It. contorniato, p. pr. of contorniare to make a circuit or outline, fr. contorno circuit, outline. See Contour.] (Numis.) A species of medal or medallion of bronze, having a deep furrow on the contour or edge; -- supposed to have been struck in the days of Constantine and his successors. --R. S. Poole.
Contorsion
Contorsion Con*tor"sion, n. See Contortion.
Contort
Contort Con*tort", v. t. [L. contortus, p. p. of contorquere to twist; con- + torquere to twist. See Torture.] To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest. The vertebral arteries are variously contorted. --Ray. Kant contorted the term category from the proper meaning of attributed. --Sir W. Hamilton.
Contorted
Contorted Con*tort"ed, a. 1. Twisted, or twisted together. ``A contorted chain of icicles.' --Massinger. 2. (Bot.) (a) Twisted back upon itself, as some parts of plants. (b) Arranged so as to overlap each other; as, petals in contorted or convolute [ae]stivation.
Contortion
Contortion Con*tor"tion, n. [L. contortio: cf. F. contorsion. See Contort, and cf. Torsion.] A twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the contortion of the muscles of the face. --Swift. All the contortions of the sibyl, without the inspiration. --Burke.
Contortive
Contortive Con*tor"tive, a. Expressing contortion.
Contortuplicate
Contortuplicate Con`tor*tu"pli*cate, a. [L. contortuplicatus; contortus contorted + plicare to fold.] (Bot.) Plaited lengthwise and twisted in addition, as the bud of the morning-glory. --Gray.

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- A kontor (also Kontor; English: /kɒnˈtɔːr/) was a major foreign trading post of the Hanseatic League.: 127  Kontors were legal entities established in...
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