Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language 1. (n.) Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array. 2. (n.) The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers. 3. (n.) An imposing series of things. 4. (n.) Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel. 5. (n.) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause. 6. (n.) The panel itself. 7. (n.) The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court. 8. (n.) To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal. 9. (n.) To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; -- applied esp. to dress of a splendid kind. 10. (n.) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them man by man.
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