Convalescence, Convalescency

[Fr. con valescence; Lat. convalescent i a.] Renewal of health; the insensible recovery of health and strength after disease; state of a body renewing its vigor after sickne or weakne . "She recovered her spirits to a reasonable convalescence ."-Shaks. Convalescent, a . [Fr.] Recovering health and vigor after sickne or debility. -n. One recovering or recovered from sickne . and strength. Convalescently, adv . With a renewal of health Con vallar i a, n . [From Lat. convallis , a valley.] ( Bot . ) The Solomon's Seal, and Lily of the Valley, a genus of plants, ord. Liliacea. They are plants with simple stems and alternate leaves; flowers in terminal racemes or umbels, reddish or greenish-white. Among the species which inhabit the U. States is C. bifolia , the two-leaved Solomon's Seal, a small plant, frequent along the edges of woodlands from New England to Wisconsin; and C. majalis , the Lily of the Valley, an elegant, sweet-scented plant, native of woods at the South; leaves 2-3, ovate elliptical; scape 6 high, with white flowers depending from its upper half in a single rank. It is, or deserves to be, a frequent inhabitant of our gardens. Convection, n. [Lat. convectio, from convetro, convect us-con, and veho , to carry.) Act of conveying, bring ing, or transmitting. (Phys.) The C. of heat is the transmi ion of heat by actual contact, in opposition to radiation . Convective, a. Occasioned by convection. Convectively, adv . In a convective manner. Conven'able, a . That may be convened or a embled. Convene', v . n . [Lat. convenio con , and venio , to come.] To come together; to a ociate; to meet; to unite. "The rays converge and convene in the eyes." - Newton. -To a emble for any public purpose; as, to convene & meeting of citizens. "The parliament of Scotland now convened."-Baker. -v. a. To cause to come together or a emble; to call together; to convoke. "No man was better pleased with the convening of this parlisment than myself."- King Charles I. -To summon to meet and appear by judicial authority. "By the papal canon law, clerks, in criminal and civil causes, cannot be convened before any but an ecclesiastical judge." Ayliffe . -To be suitable to. (An American ism.) Convenee', n. One summoned to appear with others. Conven'er, n. One who convenes or calls an a embly together. (Used in Scotland; as, a county-convener.) Conven'ience, Conveniency, n. [Lat. convenient i a; Fr. convenance.] State of being convenient; fitne of time or place; suitablene ; propriety; adapted ne . "Conveniency is, when a thing or action is so fitted to the cir. cum stances, and the circumstances to it, that thereby it becom a thing convenient." - Perkins. discomfort or difficulty. "The value is the same, and the convenience greater."- South . -That which is convenient; cause of ease, comfort, or accommodation. ing to the severity of the blow or fall. A black eye is Commodiousne : ease; accommodation; freedom from as often a C. as a bruise. C. require, in most instances, the same treatment as the former, and should consist in applying a pledget of lint well soaked in extract of lead, which generally will be found sufficient, in one or two applications, to cure the accident. A compound C. is a much more serious injury, for, in addition to the cutting or abrasion of the skin, the cellular ti ue and muscles beneath are often so seriously disorganized as to be reduced to a state of pulp. Such accidents are always more serious over bones thinly covered with flesh, as then the parts injured are liable to mortify and slough. The treatment in such cases consists in first laying the torn or cut skin as smooth and natural as po ible, removing any sand or stones, applying, as in the former case, a pledget wetted with the extract of lead, and lay--Commodious; tending to, or productive of, ease, coming a warm bran poultice over all. "A pocket-perspective, and other little conveniences."- Swift . Conven'ience, in Ohio , a post-village of Fayette co., about 25 m. N.W. of Chilli cot he. Contwoy'-To, or RUM LAKE, in British N. America, in the country of the Copper Indians, intersected by the parallel of 65° 31′ N., and the meridian of 111° 50' W. Conundrum, n.; pl . CONUNDRUMS. [Etym. uncertain.] A sort of riddle, in which some quaint or odd resem