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<h1>Conchologist</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con*chol"o*gist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One who studies, or is versed in, conchology.</def>

<h1>Conchology</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con*chol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Conch</ets> + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The science of Mollusca, and of the shells which they form; malacology.</def>

<h1>Conchometer</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con*chom"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Conch</ets> + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An instrument for measuring shells, or the angle of their spire.</def>

<h1>Conchometry</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con*chom"e*try</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The art of measuring shells or their curves; conchyliometry.</def>

<h1>Concho-spiral</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con`cho-spi"ral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kind of spiral curve found in certain univalve shells.</def>

<i>Agassiz.</i>

<h1>Conchylaceous, Conchyliaceous</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw><hw>Con`chy*la"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Con*chyl`i*a"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conchylium</ets> shell, Gr. <?/, dim. of <?/, equiv. to <?/. See <er>Conch</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to shells; resembling a shell; <as>as, <ex>conchyliaceous</ex> impressions</as>.</def>

<i>Kirwan.</i>

<h1>Conchyliologist, n., Conchyliology</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw><hw>Con*chyl`i*ol"o*gist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>, <hw>Con*chyl`i*ol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Conchologist</er>, and <er>Conchology</er>.</def>

<h1>Conchyliometry</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con*chyl`i*om"e*try</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ + <ets>-metry</ets>.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Conchometry</er>.</def>

<h1>Conchylious</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con*chyl"i*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Conchylaceous.</def>

<h1>Conciator</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con"ci*a`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>conciatore</ets>, fr. <ets>conciare</ets> to adjust, dress, fr. L. <ets>comtus</ets>, p. p. See <er>Compt</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Glass Works)</fld> <def>The person who weighs and proportions the materials to be made into glass, and who works and tempers them.</def>

<h1>Concierge</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con`cierge"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>One who keeps the entrance to an edifice, public or private; a doorkeeper; a janitor, male or female.</def>

<h1>Conciliable</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con*cil"i*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conciliabulum</ets>, fr. <ets>concitium</ets> assembly: cf. F. <ets>conciliabule</ets>. See <er>Council</er>.]</ety> <def>A small or private assembly, especially of an ecclesiastical nature.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Conciliable</h1> <Xpage=295>