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pl. Railway Sleepers longitudinally of the verb. B. As adjective: 1. Remaining in the same state. *2. Permanent, lasting, durable, abiding. (2) He thus discriminates between to continue , to persevere, to persist, to pursue , and to prosecute: The idea of not laying aside is common to these terms, which is the sense of continue without any other addition; the other terms, which are all species of continuing , include likewise some collateral idea which distinguishes them from the first, as well as from each other. Continue is comparable with persevere and persist in the neuter sense; with pursue and prosecute in the active sense. To con tinue is simply to do as one has done hitherto; to persevere is to continue without wishing to change, or from a positive desire to attain an object; to per1. The act of producing, extending, or protract sist is to continue from a determination or will not ing. "For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come." Heb. xiii. 14. *3. Unceasing, continual. C. As substantive: to cease. The act of continuing, therefore, specifies 2. The act or state of remaining in the same place no characteristic of the agent; that of persevering or condition. IMG:content-0783.png:[blocks in formation] ë; ey = Flowis contirmont , and vpwart to the lift." Douglas: Virgil , 188, 14. cont'-line, s. [Perhaps Eng. cant ; line .] 1. Nautical : The space between the bilges of casks which are stowed alongside of each other. I. Ord. Lang.: Twisted, curled. II. Technically: IMG:content-0784.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0785.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0786.png:[blocks in formation] tions, these sections are taken at some fixed vertical interval from each other suited to the scale of the drawing or the subject in hand, and the distances of the surface at each interval above or below some a umed plane of comparison are given in figures at the most convenient places on the plan. ( Ogil- [Lat. contra , and Eng. conscient (q. v.).] Repug- surface with respect to its undulations. (2) Line of contour : A horizontal plane intersect ing a portion of ground. IMG:content-0787.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0788.png:[blocks in formation] Music: The same as DoUBLE-BASS (q. v.). *con-tra-con'-scient (scient as shent), adj . IMG:content-0789.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0790.png:[blocks in formation] (6) To incur, to become liable for. *(7) To bargain or stipulate on. "Here are the articles of contracted peace." Shakesp.: Henry VI ., Pt . II ., L. 1. *(8) To agree on, to conclude, to arrange. "We haue contracted an inviolable amitie, peace and the prosecution of the war-would forfeit her neutral character, and that the other belligerent would be war. ranted in preventing such succors from being sent and confiscating them as lawful prize."- McCulloch : Commer. 1. Illegal or prohibited traffic. 2. Contraband goods, articles forbidden to be imported or exported. General Butler to be "contraband of war," the reasoning in the case being that the negro was an ele ment of strength to the confederates by reason of his availability as a producer of munitions of war or as a soldier for active service. "The law severely contrabands Our taking busine off men's hands." vol. ii., pt. i., p. 143. *(9) To affiance, to betroth. "Enough then for your wonder. But, come on, Contract us, 'fore these witne es." cherished, though in a still contracting part of it."- Mil- man: Hist. of Jews (3d ed.), vol. i., p. xviii., pref. *2. To stipulate, to bargain. But first contracted , that, if ever found... His head should pay the forfeit." IMG:content-0791.png:[blocks in formation] "For first he was contract to Lady Lucy." Shakesp.: Richard III., iii. 7. con-trăct, s. [CONTRACT, υ.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. In the same sense as II. 2. A formal agreement by which two or more persons contract to do or abstain from doing certain acts; a compact, a bargain. bound together by a formal contract." Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xiv. 3. The writing or deed by which an agreement is entered into, and in which the terms and conditions of the bargain are entered. "Then the people of Israel began to write in their instruments and contracts , in the first year of Simon."1 Maccabees , xiii. 42. 4. The act of affiancing or betrothing. "Fear no evil, my friend, and tonight may no shadow of sorrow Fall on this house and hearth; for this is the night of the contract." Long fellow: Evangeline, i. 2. 5. The application made to the clerk of a parish by an unmarried man, accompanied by witne es, to have his name and that of his sweetheart enreg istered, in order to the proclamation of the banns. (Scotch.) II. Law : 1. An agreement entered into between two or more persons with a lawful consideration or cause, whereby each person binds himself to do or abstain every man should know what his contracts meant and what his property was worth."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. xxi. 2. An undertaking to do a certain work or supply certain articles for a specified consideration. (Frequently followed by for .) III. Special phrases and compounds : 1. Contract of benevolence: Law : A contract made for the benefit of only one of the contracting parties. 2. Contracts of record: Such as judgments, recognizances, and statutes of staple. 3. Contracts of specialty : Such as are under seal, as deeds and bonds. 4. Nominate contracts: Scots Law : Loan, commo date, deposit, pledge, sale, permutation, location, society, and mandate. Contracts not distinguished by special names are termed innominate , all of which are obligatory on the contracting parties from their date. ( Ogilvie .) 5. Simple contracts : Contracts by parole. con-trăct-ěd, pa par. & a. [CONTRACT, v.] A. As pa. par.: (See the verb.) B. As adjective: I. Ordinary Language: 1. Compre ed or le ened in compa or extent. contracted vein, s. 1092 Hydraul.: A term denoting the diminution which takes place in the diameter of a stream of water i uing from a ve el at a short distance from the discharging aperture, owing to the particles nearest the periphery experiencing greater attrition than the rest, and being thus retarded. ( Ogilvie .) con-trăct-ed-ly, adv. [Eng. contracted; -ly.] In a contracted manner; as though contracted; not fully. con-tract-ěd-ne , s. [Eng. contracted; -ne .) I. Lit.: The quality or state of being contracted; contraction. IMG:content-0792.png:[blocks in formation] Anat .: Any ti ue of which the property is, in certain circumstances, to contract, muscular ti ue. [CONTRACTILITY.] IMG:content-0793.png:[ocr errors] those depre ing causes which usually put a stop to the action of contractile ti ue."-Todd & Bowman: Physiol. Anat . , vol. i., ch. ii., p. 66. contractile vesicles, s . pl. Zool. Anat.: Certain clear spaces in various species of protozoa which constitute the sole circulatory system and doubtfully perform the functions of a heart. (Nicholson.)