Vocabulary : Compluvium to Comportance
Compluvium : A space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.Comply : To yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform; -- usually followed by with. ;; To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments. ;; To fulfill; to accomplish. ;; To infold; to embrace.
Complying : of Comply
Compo : Short for Composition; -- used, esp. in England, colloq. in various trade applications; ;; A mortar made of sand and cement. ;; A carver's mixture of resin, whiting, and glue, used instead of plaster of Paris for ornamenting walls and cornices. ;; A composition for billiard balls. ;; A preparation of which printer's rollers are made. ;; A preparation used in currying leather. ;; Composition paid by a debtor.
Compone : To compose; to settle; to arrange. ;; See Compony. ;; Divided into squares of alternate tinctures in a single row; -- said of any bearing; or, in the case of a bearing having curved lines, divided into patches of alternate colors following the curve. If there are two rows it is called counter-compony.
