union 
In the temper of Uai-oii . . . then? wosa singular itnittn 
nt audarity UJK! sobriety. Macaulay, Lord Bacon. 
2. In ."til., nun!., mid lint.: () Tho 8tato of 
close and imnii-'luli- roniirctiiiii of parts, or- 
gans, or I issues, especially of like parts, or the 
|irocess ill' In-coming so united; a growing to- 
gether or its result, as in the ilillVirnl eases of 
symphysis, synostosis. synrlirnndrusis, ankylo- 
sis, conlliirni-e. e 'i-i-seei coalescence, con- 
jugation, anastoniosis, sy/.ygy. /ygnsis, and the 
like. Hoe the distinctive words, (b) Tho con- 
(ion of two or several individuals in a coin- 
pound organism, as of several zoiiids in a zo- 
anthodemc. -3. Matrimony; the matrimonial 
relation, married state, or conjugal bond. 4. 
Concord; agreement ami conjunction of mind, 
will, affections, or interest; harmony. 
Lay a foumlntfun (or a blessed Union among our selves. 
\\hirh would frustrate the K real design of our enemies 
upon us. Stitlingjleet, Sermons, II. vl. 
Kow, when a mutual Flame you Uave reveal'U, 
Anil the dear Union of our Souls is scal'd. 
Congreve, To Cynthia. 
Self-love and social at her birth began; 
Union the bond uf all things, and of man. 
Pope, Essay oil Man, ill. 149. 
6. That which is united or made into one; 
something formed by a combination of various 
parts or individual things or persons; an ag- 
gregate of united parts; a coalition; a com- 
bination; a confederation ; a league. 
An amalgamation of the Christian religions unions was 
effected with the sacrificial societies of the pagans. 
Enjluh Gilds (E. E. T. 8.), p. Ixxiii. 
(a) A confederacy of two or more nations, or of the various 
states of a nation : in this sense the United States of 
America is sometimes called by way of preeminence "The 
r a '1,11. ' (o) In England and Ireland, two or more parishes 
consolidated into one for the lietter administration of the 
poor-laws. It is in the discretion of the Local Government 
Itoard to consolidate any two or more parishes Into one 
union under a single board of guardians elected by the 
owners and ratepayers of the component parishes. Each 
union lias a common workhouse, and all the cost of the re- 
lief of the poor is charged upon the common fund, (c) 
Two or more parishes or contiguous benefices consolidated 
into one for ecclesiastical purposes. (</) An association of 
independent churches, generally either Congregational or 
Baptist, for the purpose of promoting mutual fellowship 
and cooperation in Christian work. It differs from most 
ecclesiastical bodies in possessing no authority over the 
churches which unite in it. < ) A permanent combination 
among workmen engaged in the same occupation or trade. 
See trade-union. 
(In old days] If here and there a clergyman, a profes- 
sional man, a politician, or a writer, ventured to raise a 
voice on behalf of the Unions, he was assailed with a 
storm of ridicule and abuse. 
Nineteenth Century, XXVI. 722. 
6. A union workhouse; a workhouse erected 
and maintained at the joint expense of parishes 
which have been formed into a union : in Scot- 
land called a combination poor-house. 
The poor old people that they brick up In the Unions. 
Dickenx, Our Mutual friend, II. 264. 
7. That part of a flag which occupies the upper 
corner next the staff when it is distinguished 
from the rest in color or pattern, as in the flag 
of the United States, where it is blue with 
white stars, or in the flag of Great Britain; 
the jack. When the flag is hoisted on the staff with t lie 
union below, it is considered a signal of distress. See 
union ilmt ,,, below. 
8. A flag showing the union only. See union 
flay and tinimi jm-/:. below. 9. A joint, screw, 
or other connection uniting parts of machinery, 
or the like; a kind of coupling for connecting 
tubes together. 10. A textile fabric of several 
materials, or of different kinds of thread. 
Then we had an Irish linen, an imitation, you know, a 
kin. I of Uninn, whirh we call double twist. It Is made, I 
believe, in Manchester, and is a mixture of linen and 
cotton, ilayhetv, London Labour and London Poor, 1. 420. 
11. A shallow vat or tray in which partly fer- 
mented beer is kept to complete its fermenta- 
tion or to cleanse itself. 12f. A large fine 
pearl. 
In the cnp an union shall he throw, 
Richer than that which four successive kings 
In Denmark's crown have worn. 
Shot., Hamlet, v. 2. 2sa 
.SighelnmsbishopofSchirbnrne . . . trauailed thorough 
India, and returning home brought with him many strange 
and precious unions and costly spyces. 
Hakluyt's Voyages, II. !i. 
Pliny says that the name unto was an invention of the' 
fine gentlemen i>f Rome, to denote only such pearls as 
rould not be matched. Xaren. 
Act of Union, the name by which several statutes or- 
ganizing the kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland are 
known, (a) A statute of !:>:;:> i;. enacting the political 
union of Wales to England, (o) A statute nf 17m;, unit- 
inir the kingdoms nf I'.n-l.unl an. I Si-otlalid on and after 
May 1st, ITiiT. (r) A statute of 18IKI, whlrh united the kiln;- 
i loin- of i.'ivat I '.n lain anil Irelunil on and after January 1st, 
i*m. Apperceptive union. See ai>i*rceptivt. Bony 
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6610 
union, in wry., the knitting <>f a fracture by ealliu : op- 
". Customs union. & 
ninn aini /."iini'iu. Evangelical, hypostatic, 
Latin, liberal union. - Liberties' 
Union Act /.Union Assessment Acts. 
Bee autument. Union by first intention , 
healing i if a wound without suppuration. Union by sec- 
ond intention, in uri/.,the hvaliiiitiif a wound liygranu- 
lation after suppuration. Union churches, a liody of 
Protestant evangelical Christians organized in it 
eiit form about 186S. It recognizes no ereed i \. ept alle- 
giance to the Bible, no test of membership except charac- 
ter, and no ecclesiastical authority superior to that of 
membership In the local church. Its membership is 
mainly connned to the Western States in the United 
States. Union down, said of a nag displaying the 
union at the bottom instead of in its normal position at 
tlie top. A flag hoist, d in this position forms a signal of 
distress. Union flag, the union jack, or national flag of 
the United Kingdom. Tin- national flag of England was 
thr banner. n st. iiei>ri;e(lienildically described as argent, 
a cross gules), and soon after the union of the crowns this 
was united with the Scottish national flog, or banner of St. 
Andrew (in the language of heraldry, azure, a saltier ar- 
gent), thus forming the first union flag. On the legislative 
union with Scotland in 1707 a new design for the national 
or union flag was adopted, described in heraldic terms as 
azure, a saltier argent surmounted by a cross gules flinbri- 
atcd or edged of the second. On the union with Ireland 
the red cross or saltier of St. Patrick was introduced, and 
as thus modilled the flog now exists. Union jack, the 
national ensign of the lulled Kingdom of (ireat Britain 
and Ireland , formed by the union of the cross of St. Oeorge 
(red on a white ground), the diagonal cross or saltier of 
St. Andrew (white on a blue ground), and the diagonal 
cross or saltier of St Patrick (red on a white ground). 
Universal Postal Union. Seepot<i(.=8yn. 1-3. Union, 
Unity, Junction, Connection. Union is the act of bring- 
ing two or mure together so ns to moke but one: as, the 
union of the Mississippi and the Missouri ; union in mar- 
riage ; or it is the state resulting, or the product of tbe act : 
as, the American Union. Unity is only the state of oneness, 
whether there has or has not been previous distinctness : 
as, the unity of Cud, the unity of faith, unity of feeling, in- 
terest, labor. Junction expresses not simply collocation, 
but a real and physical bringing into one. Union and 
junction differ from connection in thut the last does not 
necessarily imply contact : there may be connection be- 
tween houses by a portico or walk. It is literal to speak 
of the connection, and figurative to speak of the union, of 
England and America by a telegraphic cable. 
TL. a. Of or pertaining to a union or to the 
Union (see I., 5 ()); in favor of the Union: as, 
the Union party; I'nion principles; 1'nion sym- 
pathies. -Union Labor party, in U. S. i^iitici, a polit- 
ical party formed in 1S87, which drew supgiort from the 
Oreenbackcrs, farmers' organizations, Knights of Lalior, 
etc. It nominated a candidate for President of the United 
States In 1S88. Union man. () In the United States, 
in the period of the civil war, an opponent of secession and 
upholder of the federal cause, (b) A member of a trade- 
union. Union party, a party whieh favors the formation 
or preservation of a union ; specifically, the Constitutional 
Union party. See constitutional. 
Unionacea (u'ni-6-na'se-ii), n. pi. [NL., < 
l'iiio(n-) + -acea.] A superfamily of iutegri- 
palliate isomyarian bivalve mollusks, repre- 
sented by the family 1'nioniilie. 
unionacean (u'ni-o-na'se-an), a. and >i. I. a. 
Of or pertaining to the I'nionacea. 
II. w. A member of the I'nionatea. 
union-bow (u'nyon-bo). w. A bow made of two 
or three pieces glued together, as distinguished 
from the single-piece bow or self -bate. Also called 
buck-boil'. 
union-cord (u'nyon-kord), w. A round white 
cord made of linen and cotton combined, used 
for stay-laces, etc. Diet, of Needlework Union- 
cord braid, a braid composed of two or more cords, usu- 
ally a worsted or mohair braid like that called liuttia 
braid. 
unioned (u'nyond), a. [< union + -eif-.~\ Ex- 
hibiting symbols and proofs of union. [Rare.] 
Great Washington arose in view, 
And iiniiM'il flags his stately steps pursue ; 
Blest (Jallia's bands and young Columbia's pride. 
Joel Barliiic, Visions of Columbus. 
union-grass (u'nyon-gras), . A name for 
grasses of the genus I'uiola. 
unionid (u'ni-o-nid), n. A unio; any member 
of the I'nionidx. 
UnionidaB (u-ni-on'i-de), n.pl. [NL., < rnio(n-) 
+ -trfa?.] A family of bivalve mollusks, typified 
by the genus I'nio, and variously limited, (at) 
Formerly applied to all fresh-water bivalves nacreous in 
side the shell. (6) Restricted to those with two large aud 
persistent adductor muscles, and the shell regular, with 
thick epidermis, thin nacreous layer, prominent external 
A, Right Valve of River-mussel (MoHictmelylma faraf*aita). 
Jt, River-mussel (/HW litteralis), left valve. 
ligament, and variable liinue (thus including the Hnl,li,ljr 
and M U' : < l^f^iitil.i ). (r) r'tirtliiT restrieted to t]ie/'mV>/mi*' 
(fcV In tile naito\\,-t s, MS.- Ilir f',ii>i>il.-t' air nearly one 
thousand speeies, of most parts of the world, but espe- 
unipartite 
dally numerous and diveisllli it In the I'nlted SUtes, 
win-re they are mostly ral -<U r rltmu. 
unioniform (11- n i-' in 'i-t "mo. u. |< NL. ri(n-) 
+ L. forma, form.] Like a unio in shape or ag- 
jicct ; resembling or related to the I nionidx. 
Also tiinitiiiiitl. 
Unioninae (u'ni-o-ni'ne),n.p?. [NL.,< Cnio(n-) 
+ -ins:] The leading subfamily of Cnionidte, 
variously limited, (a) Including all those unloi whose 
branchial oriflce Is confluent with the pedal, and whose 
anal siphon Is little prolonged. (o) Restricted to such as 
have the foot compressed and securiform (thus contrast- 
ing with Mijcetopodidx): same as Unionidm(e). 
Unionine (ii'ni-o-nin), a. Of or pertaining to 
tin- / minium ,- unioniform in a narrow sense. 
unionism (u'nypn-izrn),n. [< union + -i*m.] 1. 
Thi! principle o'f uniting or combining; specifi- 
cally, trade-unionism. 
I apprehend that the notion which lies at the bottom of 
I'nioiiitm Is this : that a man is bound to think not only 
of himself, but of his fellow-workmen. 
Jemni, Social Reform, p. 116. 
2. Attachment or loyalty to the principle of 
union, or to some particular union; s(>ecincal- 
ly, attachment or loyalty to the federal union 
known as the United States of America, and 
opposition to its rupture, as by the secession 
of the Southern States in 1861-5. 
Mr. Seward hail an abiding faith In the Unionism and 
latent loyalty of Virginia and the border States. 
The Century, XXXV. 809. 
3. In British politics, the principles or senti- 
ments of the Unionists. 
Unionist (u'nyon-ist), n. and a. [< union + 
-isf.] I. n. 1. One who promotes or advocates 
union. 2. A member of a trade-union; a trade- 
unionist. Jecons, Social Reform, p. 109. 3. 
One who during the American civil war took 
the side of the national government. 
At the same station, we met General Bhriver of Fred- 
erick, a most loyal Unionist. 
O. W. Holmes, Old Vol. of Life, p. 25. 
4. [<;<.] In Britinh politic*, one who is opposed 
to the dissolution or rupture of the legislative 
union existing between Great Britain and Ire- 
land, and especially to the separatist principles 
and tendencies of those who desire to establish 
home rule in Ireland: a name applied to the 
Conservatives and Liberal Unionists. 
II. ". 1. Of or pertaining to a union or to 
unionism; promoting or advocating union: as, 
a totioiiixt movement; a unionist party. 
Their [the workmen's] low standard of work, determined 
by the unumtX principle that the better workers must 
not discredit the worse by exceeding them In efficiency. 
B. Spencer, Data of Ethics, p. 211. 
2. Specifically, during the civil war in the 
United States, of or pertaining to the Union 
party or cause. 
unionistic (u-nyo-nis'tik), a. [< unionist + -ic.] 
Pertaining to unionism or unionists; relating 
to or promoting union. 
The various phases of a unionistic movement. 
F. Scltaf, Hist. Christ, Ch., I. 122. 
unionite (u'ni-o-nit), n. [< NL. I'nionites, < 
l'nio(n-), q. v.] A fossil uuio, or some similar 
shell. 
union-joint (u'nyon-joint), n. A pipe-coupling; 
a union. /.'. //. Anight. 
unionpid (u'ni-o-noid), a. and n. [< l'nio(ii-) 
+ -md.] I. . Same as unioniform. 
II. ". Same as unionid. 
Union-pump (u'nyon-pump), n. A pump com- 
bined in the same frame with an engine. E. 
H. Knight. 
union-room (u'nyon-r8m), n. The room in a 
brewery in which the unions for partly fer- 
mented beer stand together, and from which 
the beer is racked off. 
The union-room [Allaop's) contains 1,424 unions, which 
can cleanse 230,1X10 gallons at one time. IHckerdykr. 
uniovulate (u-ni-6'vu-lat), o. [< L. iinus, one, 
+ NL. oruluni, ovule: see ovule.] Having but 
one ovule. 
unipara (u-nip'a-rS), n. A woman who has 
borne one child. 
uniparous (u-nip'a-rus), a. [< L. units, one, 
+ parere, bring forth, bear, -f -mix.] 1. Pro- 
ducing one at a birth: as, uniparous animals. 
Sir T. Broirne, Vulg. Err. 2. In hot., having 
but one axis or branch : as, a uniparous cyme. 
unipartite (u-ui-piir'tit), a. [< L. nu, one, + 
partita*, parted: see partite.] Not separated 
into parts. 
In the theory of the single system the conceptions 
and symbolism are to a large extent arithmetical, and are 
based up. n the properties of single integral numbers and 
their partitions into single integral parts. In this sense 
the former theory may I* regarded u being unipartite. 
Xature, XU. 3SO. 
