\Con`ti*nen"tal\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a continent.
2. Of or pertaining to the main land of Europe, in
   distinction from the adjacent islands, especially England;
   as, a continental tour; a continental coalition.
   --Macaulay.
         No former king had involved himself so frequently in
         the labyrinth of continental alliances. --Hallam.
3. (Amer. Hist.) Of or pertaining to the confederated
   colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary
   War; as, Continental money.
         The army before Boston was designated as the
         Continental army, in contradistinction to that under
         General Gage, which was called the ``Ministerial
         army.''                               --W. Irving.
{Continental Congress}. See under {Congress}.
{Continental system} (Hist.), the blockade of Great Britain
   ordered by Napoleon by the decree of Berlin, Nov. 21,
   1806; the object being to strike a blow at the maritime
   and commercial supremacy of Great Britain, by cutting her
   off from all intercourse with the continent of Europe.

\Con`ti*nen"tal\, n. (Amer. Hist.)
A soldier in the Continental army, or a piece of the
Continental currency. See {Continental}, a., 3.