contignationt (kontignashon)

[F. con tig nation Sp.contignacion, J. Gregory, Works, I. 10. An arch, the worke of Baltazar di Sienna, built with wonder full ingenuity, so that it is not easy to conceive how it is supported, yet it has some imperceptible con tig nations wch do not betray themselves easily to the eye. Evelyn, Diary, Oct. 25, 1644. IMG:content-1166.png:[blocks in formation] sions (also separately called continents) of the western continent, and are hardly more united than were Africa and Asia before the cutting of the Suez canal. ing space. IMG:content-1167.png:[blocks in formation] Fuller , War, continence, continency (kon'ti-nens, -nen-si), n. [ A harder le on to learn Continence In joyous pleasure than in grievous paine. Spenser, F. Q., II. vi. 1. is He knew when to leave off - a continence which 2. The act of framing together or uniting beams practised by a few writers. Dryden, Pref. to Fables. in a fabric. Their own buildings were without any party-wall, and linked by contignation into the edifice of France. Burke.