Scott: Marmion

18. 1105 con-voyed', pa . par . or a. [CONVOY, v.] cồn-voy-ing, pr . par ., a. & 8. [CONVOY, v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj .: (See the verb.) A. Transitive: I. Literally: 1. To cause a shrinking or contracting motion in the sinews or muscular parts of the body; to affect with convulsions. "His head grows fever'd, and his pulse The quick succe ive throbs convulse." 1. To cause a kind of convulsed feeling. 2. To shake violently, to agitate greatly. a question which would, in our age, convulse the whole frame of society." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. v. *B. In trans.: To suffer from or be thrown into convulsions. "Nor to prescribe when nerves convulse." Green: The Spleen. con-vŭlsed', pa , par . or a. [CONVULSE.] con-vuls-ing, pr . par ., a. & 8. [CONVULSE.] A. & B. As pr . par . & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of affecting with or throw- ing into convulsions. A. Ordinary Language: I. Literally: IMG:content-0874.png:[blocks in formation] motion. II. Fig .: A violent agitation or disturbance; com- ". the same convulsions of state,."-Temple. B. Med.: A diseased action of the muscular tis- sues of a greater or le portion of the body, charac- terized by violent contractions with alternate relaxations. Such action of the muscles is, how- conveyance, carriage. his pa port shall be made And crowns for convoy put into his purse." Shakesp.: Henry V., iv. 3. *8. A channel or means of conveyance. not knowing the convoy of it, lie: Lett . 1. 427. *9. Conduct, mien, behavior, carriage. "Quhen I saw hir sa trimlye dance; Hir good conwoy and conte nance." IMG:content-0875.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Ord. Lang.: One affected by convulsions. 2. Ch. Hist .: The same as CONVULSIONISTS (q. v.). Côn-vulsion-Ists, s. pl . [Eng. convulsion , and suff, ists ; Fr. convulsion nis tes .] 1 Ch. Hist .: The name given to a section of the Jansenists who arose in France in 1730. They were accustomed to throw themselves upon the ground and go into convulsions. Three years afterward an order was sent forth for their imprisonment. [CONVULSIONARY, B. 2.] 2. Geol.: (Sce extract.) "The Convulsionists , or believers in the paramount efficacy of subterranean movement."-A. Geikie , in Macmil lan's Mag ., July, 1881, p. 229. 1. Ord. Lang.: In a loose sense. "But ask thou not if Happine be there, If the loud laugh disguise convulsive throe, Or if the brow the heart's true livery wear." Scott: The Lord of the Isles, ii. 1. 2. Med.: In the strict sense. [CONVULSION.] "Convulsive effect ions have been cla ed by most nosologists among the neuroses or nervous diseases." -A. Craw ford, in Cyclop . Pract . Med ., i. 466. con-vŭl-sive-ly, adv. [Eng. convulsive; -ly.] In a convulsive manner.