7. The name of one of the component parts instead of the complex term.

_Tœda_ for a marriage. The _East_ for a country situated east from us.

_Jovis vestigia servat_, for imitating Jupiter in general.

8. A word signifying time or place employ’d figuratively to denote a

connected subject.

_Clime_ for a nation, or for a constitution of government: Hence the

expression, _Merciful clime_. _Fleecy winter_ for snow. _Seculum felix._

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