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to make seem remote. His peculiar art of distancing an object to aggrandize his space. H. Miller.

An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on the carriage of a sawmill.

A kind of millet. See Durra.

The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a millstone.

The system of furrows on the face of a millstone. Knight. Dress circle. See under Circle. -- Dress parade (Mil.), a parade in full uniform for review.

A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper stone.

A kind of millet, cultivated throughout Asia, and introduced into the south of Europe; a variety of Sorghum vulgare; -- called also Indian millet, and Guinea corn. [Written also dhoorra, dhurra, doura, etc.]

Like dust; of the color of dust; as a dusty white. Dusty miller (Bot.), a plant (Cineraria maritima); -- so called because of the ashy-white coating of its leaves.

inter." Milton. Edge joint (Carp.), a joint formed by two edges making a corner. -- Edge mill, a crushing or grinding mill in which stones roll around on their edges, on a level circular bed; -- used for ore, and as an oil mill. Called also Chilian mill. -- Edge molding (Arch.), a molding whose section is made up of…

The process of preserving fodder (such as cornstalks, rye, oats, millet, etc.) by compressing it while green and fresh in a pit or vat called a silo, where it is kept covered from the air; as the ensilage of fodder.

it came to denote something sufficiently concrete to be inclosed in a glass bottle. J. S. Mill.

treating of, or pertaining to, ethnic or morality, or the science of character. J. S. Mill.

ience of the formation of character, national and collective as well as individual. J. S. Mill.

Valuation; appraisement. J. S. Mill.

s supposed, although incorrectly, to be evidentiary of, a mark of, some other fact. J. S. Mill.

Available for making exchanges; ratable. "An exchangeable value." J. S. Mill.

ning, in the cylinder or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes. -- Exhaust purifier (Milling), a machine for sorting grains, or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. Knight. -- Exhaust steam (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to escape from the cylinder after having been employed to produce motion of the…

s seriously tormented by the thought of the exhaustibility of musical combinations. J. S. Mill.

her word for its being perceived, or for the inferred possibility of perceiving it. J. S. Mill.

To make experiments (upon); to experiment. J. S. Mill.