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A hook for holding the blubber while cutting it away. [Written also cranging hook.]

h gold (or silver), or with gilt. -- Lace leather, thin, oil-tanned leather suitable for cutting into lacings for machine belts. -- Lace lizard (Zoöl.), a large, aquatic, Australian lizard (Hydrosaurus giganteus), allied to the monitors. -- Lace paper, paper with an openwork design in imitation of lace. -- Lace pie…

A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, and the like, or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of wheel or disk, which revolves on a vertical axis. Lap joint, a joint made by one layer, part, or piece, overlapping another, as in the…

A cutting through the walls of the abdomen, as in the Cæsarean section.

Of or pertaining to the art of cutting stones, or engraving on stones, either gems or monuments; as, lapidary ornamentation.

The operation of cutting into the larynx, from the outside of the neck, for assisting respiration when obstructed, or for removing foreign bodies.

The operation of cutting into the larynx and the upper part of the trachea, -- a frequent operation for obstruction to breathing.

icles of wood, metal, or other material, by causing them to revolve while acted upon by a cutting tool.

the distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.

e. Among the common American species are M. brevis and M. centuncularis. Called also rose-cutting bee. -- Leaf fat, the fat which lies in leaves or layers within the body of an animal. -- Leaf flea (Zoöl.), a jumping plant louse of the family Psyllidæ. -- Leaf frog (Zoöl.), any tree frog of the genus Phyllomedusa.…

The act or business of making, or marking with, letters, as by cutting or painting.

The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.

Of or pertaining to the art of cutting and engraving precious stones.

The art of cutting and engraving gems.

An instrument used for cutting the bladder in operations for the stone.

One who performs the operation of cutting for stone in the bladder, or one who is skilled in the operation.

The operation, art, or practice of cutting for stone in the bladder.

To engage in the business of cutting or transporting logs for timber; to get out logs. [U.S.]

The business of felling trees, cutting them into logs, and transporting the logs to sawmills or to market.

A cutting off, as of branches; that which is cut off; leavings. The loppings made from that stock whilst it stood. Burke.