COMUS
\kəmjˈuːz], \kəmjˈuːz], \k_ə_m_j_ˈuː_z]\
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By Thomas Davidson
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[L., Gr.] The chorus which sang a triumphal or complimentary ode in Greece, and the friend who accompanied it.
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[L., Gr.] (Myth.) A winged youth, god of festivity. Milton, in Comus a Masque, makes him a vile enchanter.
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[L., Gr.] (Naut.) Class of ships (like C. and five others, beginning with letter C, now, or lately, in construction); steel-clad battle-ships; steel replacing the stout iron plates hitherto used.
By Henry Percy Smith
