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IVefl; b~ing about 100 mib in Icngth, and 80 ill
br~Jdth .
CONNECTION, or CO NNEXIO ~ , the rdation or ue
p~n.ltnct of one thing IIpon another.
CONNECTlON, orCoNTI~ U I T Y, intheJrann, con·
fin s in the joining of the fcv~r.d fce~es tngether.
The conneélion is faid to be obfcrved, whcn the
fcenes of ln aél furceed one anot:,cr imm~diatcl y, ami
are fo juined as that the flage is never I~ft ,·Illpty.
CONNOISSEUR, a Freneh word Olnch ufed of J.~te il.
Englinl, to fignify a perron well vcrred in any thing:
whence it is ufeJ for a critico or a perron \Vito is a
thorouglt jlldge of any rubjcél.
CONNOR, a city of lreland, in the eounty of !\ntrim,
and prol'ince of Vlller, fituated about fi x miles north
of Antrilll, in (,. ,o' W. long. and 540 so' N. lat.
CONOCARPODENDRON, in botany. See PRo·
TEA.
CONOCARPUS, Ihe BUTTON' TREE, in botany, a
genus of tite peotandria monogynia c1ars. T he corol·
laconfi!ls of four petals ; tite reeds are naked, rolit~ry,
and below Ihe BOlI'er; and theftowers are aggregated.
T here are tltree rpecies, all natives of the Indies.
CONOID, in geomctry, a rolid body, geoerated by the
rel'olution of a conie t'eélion about its axis. See Co·
NIC SEeT loNs.
CONOIDES, iDanatomy, a gland found in the third
veotricle of the brain, called pima/il, from its refem·
. blance to a pine.apple.
CONQYEST. See SeoTS LAw, titlel SuCCtf!ion in
hui¡"h/, riJ!hll.
CONSANGV1N1TY, the relation fllbfifling bctween
perfons of the rame blood, or who arerprung fromthe
fame rOOI.
COSSANCUIN ITY and AFflNITY, degrces of, forbiu·
den in marriage; ree SeoTS L.~w, title, fr!arriag(.
Confanguinity or aflinity, an objeélion againll ajudge;
Cee title, Jurifdillion and judgu : Againa a witaefs ;
fee litle, Probation.
CONSC IENCE, a feeret leaimony of the foul, where·
by il gives its approbation to thiogs Ihat are oaturally
good, and condemns thofe that are evil. See t>lo·
RALS .
CONSCRIPT, in Roman antiquity, an appellation gi.
ven to the fenators of Rome, who were called COn.
fcript.fathers on aecouOl of their names being emered
all in one regi(ler.
CONS ECRATION, the ¡él of devoting any thiog 10
the fervice ar,d worlhip of God.
In England, churches have becn always eonfecrm n
",ith particular ceremonies, the form of whieh was
left to the difcretion of the bilhop.
CONSE T, in a general fenfe, denotes mueh the ("me
with alrenl. See ASHNT .
CONSENT o/parll, in Ihe animal reeonomy. See Sn l'
PATHY.
CONSEQ.E CE, in logic, the conelufion, or " hat rc–
fults from reafon or argument o
COI SERVATOR, an ollicer ordained for the ftcnrity
aod pr ~ rvation of the privilegcs of fome cities and
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cOl11lllllnities. h.ring a cOOlmiflillntOjudgc of and d~tcrmillt'
d\l; diffl'ltnccs t\mong them.
CONS I·.RV ITOK Y, • W T'1 f"Ol,tillles ufed for a
r,rttn I:onlo: , or i~t·hou!e.
COl~ S I':;{\'E, in pll1rm:tcy, a formof medicine, con·
niveu to prdcn e the flowcrs, herbs , roots, pills, or
fruits, oi f, ve,,1li:tlples, ~s ncar liS 1'0ILble to \Vhal
th"y are when f" n, ro<ther,d.
Con(erves :lIe Olade by beatinr, up the thing tO be
pre(erred. with fugar, vi: . a triple qlMntily there0f
to rhole thal are 111011 moill, and a double quantity 10
thofe that are le3fl fo.
CONSIGNATIO. of mor.¿v , fee SeoTS LA W, title,
ObligallOIJ! and conlrl/{/¡ ;,: grnfl'r.! : Of redcmption.
~lOn~y; fce title, R,dwHObü I'ighll.
CONS ISTENCE, in I'hyfies. that n.lle of a body
whercin its component panieles are 1'0 eooneéled oren·
tanglcd among themfelves, as not to(epame or reade
fromcaeh other. lt dilfers frum cominuilY in tltis,
implies a reg3ld 10 motion or rell. whieh con·
tinllity does not, it being lu/licient tO d~nominate a
thing continllous that its pans are contiguous 10 eaeh
other.
CONS ISTORIAL, or COM~I I SS ,IR y eOURT. See
SeoTs L,\\V, title, EccliftoJ!ico¡ ,,,(MI.
CONS ISTORY, at Rome, is an eeclefl'¡flical afl'cmbly
held in the prefence of the pope, fo r th~ reception of
prinees or their amba[ldors, for the eanonizationof
faiOls, for the promotion of eardinals, aod olher im·
pOrtant affairs.
CONSOLE, in architeélure, an ornameot cut upon the
kcy of an arch, which has a projeélure, and, on oc–
cafion; ferves 10 (upport linle corniehes, figures,
bulls, and vafes. See I\HH IT EeTURE.
CO SOLIDA, in hotany. See JlJI'CA.
CONSOLIDAT íON, in medicine, the aélionof uniting
broken bone~, or the lips of \Vound!, by means of
conglutinating medicines. .
CONSO A CE, in mufic, is ordinarily u(eu In the
fame ftnfe with concord, viz. for the union or atiree ·
ment of tlVOfounds produeed at Ihe fam¿ .tim~, t~e
one grave and the olher acute; whieh mlOghng '"
the air in a ecnain proponion, occafion ao aecord a·
greeable to the ear. See Mus IC.
CONSONA T, a lener that cannot be founded :v ith •
out fome fingle or double voweI before or after 11, as
0, c, d, &r.
CON PIRACY, in lalV, fignifies an agrecment b~tw~en
tlVOor more, fdlfdy tO indict, or procure to be IDMl·
ed, ln innocenl perfon, of fel~ny.
CO SPlRATORS are, by fiatute, defineJ tObe. fuch
as bintl theOlfdves by03[h, covenant, N other alh.ance,
tOa(!jl! one ano[her fal(ely and mahciouOy tO IDdlél
perro~s, or faliely to ruallmin pleas. .
Con(piralOIS in trcafon are thore that plol agamfl
the king ann the government.
CONSTABLE, Lord HIgh Confiable, an ancient oflieer
o the erolVns bOlh of Englaod ami France, \'Ihof, all'
thorily was io . , ry extenlivt, that the olEee.has beea
l<IId afide in bOlh kioodoms, except upon partIcular oc·
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