Defn: Short for Composition; — used, esp. in England, colloq. in
various trade applications; as :
(a) A mortar made of sand and cement.
(b) A carver's mixture of resin, whiting, and glue, used instead of
plaster of Paris for ornamenting walls and cornices.
(c) A composition for billiard balls.
(d) A preparation of which printer's rollers are made.
(e) A preparation used in currying leather.
(f) Composition paid by a debtor.
COMPONE
Com*pone", v. t. Etym: [L. componere. See Compound.]
Defn: To compose; to settle; to arrange. [Obs.]
A good pretense for componing peace. Strype.
COMPONE
Com*po"ne, a. Etym: [F.]
Defn: See Compony.
COMPONENT
Com*po"nent, a. Etym: [L. componens, p. pr. of componere. See
Compound, v. t.]
Defn: Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting;
constituent.
The component parts of natural bodies. Sir I. Newton.
COMPONENT
Com*po"nent, n.
Defn: A constituent part; an ingredient. Component of force (Mech.), a force which, acting conjointly with one or more forces, produces the effect of a single force or resultant; one of a number of forces into which a single force may be resolved.
COMPONY; COMPONE
Com*po"ny, Com*po"né, a. Etym: [F. componé.] (Her.)