Part 2314

<hw>Con*sol"i*date</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid; <as>as, moist clay <ex>consolidates</ex> by drying</as>.</def>

<blockquote>In hurts and ulcers of the head, dryness maketh them more apt to <b>consolidate</b>. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Consolidated</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 308 proofed -->>

<hw>Con*sol"i*da`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p.p. & a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Made solid, hard, or compact; united; joined; solidified.</def>

<blockquote>The Aggregate Fund . . . consisted of a great variety of taxes and surpluses of taxes and duties which were [in 1715] <b>consolidated</b>. <i>Rees.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A mass of partially <b>consolidated</b> mud. <i>Tyndall.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having a small surface in proportion to bulk, as in the cactus.</def>

<blockquote><b>Consolidated</b> plants are evidently adapted and designed for very dry regions; in such only they are found. <i>Gray.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>The Consolidated Fund</col>, <cd>a British fund formed by consolidating (in 1787) three public funds (the Aggregate Fund, the General Fund, and the South Sea Fund). In 1816, the larger part of the revenues of Great Britian and Ireland was assigned to what has been known as <i>the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom<i>, out of which are paid the interest of the national debt, the salaries of the civil list, etc.</cd></cs>

<h1>Consolidation</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 308 proofed -->>

<hw>Con*sol`i*da"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>consolidatio</ets> a confirming: cf. F. <ets>consolidation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated; solidification; combination.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>consolidation</b> of the marble and of the stone did not fall out at random. <i>Woodward.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>consolidation</b> of the great European monarchies. <i>Hallam.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>To organic cohesion of different circled in a flower; adnation.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The combination of several actions into one.</def>

<h1>Consolidative</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 308 proofed -->>

<hw>Con*sol"i*da*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>consolidatif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Tending or having power to consolidate; healing.</def>

<h1>Consoling</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 308 proofed -->>

<hw>Con*sol"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Adapted to console or comfort; cheering; <as>as, this is <ex>consoling</ex> news</as>.</def>

<h1>Consols</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 308 proofed -->>

<hw>Con"sols</hw> <tt>(? &or; <?/; 277)</tt>, <tt>n. pl. </tt> <ety>[A contraction of <ets>consol</ets>idated (annuities).]</ety> <def>The leading British funded government security.</def>

<note>&hand; A considerable part of the public debt of Great Britian, which had been contracted in the form of annuities yielding various rates of interest, was, in 1757, consolidated into one fund at 3 per cent interest, the account of which is kept at the Bank of England. This debt has been diminished and increased at different times, and now constitutes somewhat more than half of the entire national debt. The stocks are transferable, and Their value in the market constantly fluctuates; the price at any time being regarded as a gauge of the national prosperity and public confidence.</note>

<h1>Consomm</</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 308 proofed -->>

<hw>Con`som`m<?/"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., lit. p.p. of <ets>consommer</ets> to finish.]</ety> <fld>(Cookery)</fld> <def>A clear soup or bouillion boiled down so as to be very rich.</def>

<h1>Consonance, Consonancy</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 308 proofed -->>

<hw><hw>Con"so*nance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Con"so*nan*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>consonantia</ets>: cf. F. <ets>consonnance</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Accord or agreement of sounds produced simultaneously, as a note with its third, fifth, and eighth.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Agreement or congruity; harmony; accord; consistency; suitableness.</def>

<blockquote>The perfect <b>consonancy</b> of our persecuted church to the doctrines of Scripture and antiquity. <i>Hammond.</i></blockquote>