Word Meanings - CROWNCOLONY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A colony of the British Empire not having an elective magistracy or a parliament, but governed by a chief magistrate (called Governor) appointed by the Crown, with executive councilors nominated by him and not elected by the people.

• Electrify
  To communicate electricity to; to charge with electricity; as, to electrify a jar.
• Havener
  A harbor master.
• Electro-capillary
  Pert. to, or caused by, electro-capillarity.
• Nominatively
  In the manner of a nominative; as a nominative.
• Electro-gilding
  The art or process of gilding copper, iron, etc., by means of voltaic electricity.
• CHIEFJUSTICESHIP
  The office of chief justice. Jay selected the chief-justiceship as most in accordance with his tastes. The Century.
• Callipers
  See Calipers.
• Electro-magnet
  A mass, usually of soft iron, but sometimes of some other magnetic metal, as nickel or cobalt, rendered temporarily magnetic by being placed within a coil of wire through which a current of electricity is passing. The metal is generally in the for
• ELECTROCHEMICAL
  Of or pertaining to electro-chemistry. Ure.
• Electrophorus
  An instrument for exciting electricity, and repeating the charge indefinitely by induction, consisting of a flat cake of resin, shelllac, or ebonite, upon which is placed a plate of metal.
• ELECTROMAGNETISM
  The magnetism developed by a current of electricity; the science which treats of the development of magnetism by means of voltaic electricity, and of the properties or actions of the currents evolved.
• Crowning
  of Crown
• Electro-telegraphic
  Pertaining to the electric telegraph, or by means of it.
• ELECTROSTEREOTYPE
  Same as Electrotype.
• Electant
  One who has the power of choosing; an elector.
• Electro-vitalism
  The theory that the functions of living organisms are dependent upon electricity or a kindred force.
• Electorship
  The office or status of an elector.
• Governante
  A governess.

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