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A helper; an assistant; a confederate in some action or enterprise.

An experimenter in aviation.

o fixed in a socket or eye as to be in the same plane with the blade. The broadax, or carpenter's ax, is an ax for hewing timber, made heavier than the chopping ax, and with a broader and thinner blade and a shorter handle.

linder, i. e., the axis of a cone, that is, the straight line joining the vertex and the center of the base; the axis of a circle, any straight line passing through the center.

intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object; as, the azimuth of a star; the azimuth or bearing of a line surveying.

or nitrogen; formed or consisting of azote; nitric; as, azotic gas; azotic acid. [R.] Carpenter.

-- To back the oars, to row backward with the oars. -- To back a rope, to put on a preventer. -- To back the sails, to arrange them so as to cause the ship to move astern. -- To back up, to support; to sustain; as, to back up one's friends. -- To back a warrant (Law), is for a justice of the peace, in the county…

Anything which brings misfortune upon one, or causes failure in an effort or enterprise; a reverse. [Scot.]

The seventh sign in the Zodiac, called Libra, which the sun enters at the equinox in September.

A peculiar marine worm. See Enteropneusta, and Tornaria.

An artistic dance performed as a theatrical entertainment, or an interlude, by a number of persons, usually women. Sometimes, a scene accompanied by pantomime and dancing.

A mastiff or other large and fierce dog, usually kept chained or tied up. The keeper entered leading his bandog, a large bloodhound, tied in a leam, or band, from which he takes his name. Sir W. Scott.

A book kept by a depositor, in which an officer of a bank enters the debits and credits of the depositor's account with the bank.

A feast; a sumptuous entertainment of eating and drinking; often, a complimentary or ceremonious feast, followed by speeches.

of which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the center of the sole.

A social entertainment, where many people assemble, usually in the open air, at which one or more large animals are roasted or broiled whole.

A French school of the middle of the 19th century centering in the village of Barbizon near the forest of Fontainebleau. Its members went straight to nature in disregard of academic tradition, treating their subjects faithfully and with poetic feeling for color, light, and atmosphere. It is exemplified, esp. in landsca…

With head uncovered; bareheaded. When once thy foot enters the church, be bare. Herbert.

Of or pertaining to the center of gravity. See Barycentric calculus, under Calculus.

ircumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; -- especially applied to the coal formations, called coal basins or coal fields.