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A two-masted Dutch vessel.

Ornamental work produced by inlaying steel with gold, -- a variety of damascening much used in the arts of India.

Connecticut; -- a nickname alluding to the moral character of its inhabitants, implied by the rigid laws (see Blue laws) of the early period.

Laid a side; cast-off.

Having the general shape or outline of a leg of mutton; as, a leg-of-mutton, or shoulder-of-mutton, sail.

A device for letting off, releasing, or giving forth, as the warp from the cylinder of a loom.

id, found in the biliary intestinal concretions (bezoar stones) common in certain species of antelope.

An explosive compound of nitroglycerin. See Nitroglycerin.

A nickname formerly given to a member of the Democratic party. [U.S.]

To laugh. [Obs.] Shak.

The room or space under a roof and above the ceiling of the uppermost story.

An iron club used in lofting the ball; -- called also lofting iron.

In a lofty manner or position; haughtily.

The state or quality of being lofty.

Same as Lofter.

Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high. See lofty Lebanon his head advance. Pope.

The spongelike fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa Ægyptiaca); called also vegetable sponge.

See Megafarad. [R.]

A government vessel employed for the purposes of war, esp. one of large size; a ship of war. Man-of-war bird (Zoöl.), The frigate bird; also applied to the skua gulls, and to the wandering albatross. -- Man-of-war hawk (Zoöl.), the frigate bird. -- Man-of-war's man, a sailor serving in a ship of war. -- Portuguese m…

A hipped curb roof; that is, a roof having on all sides two slopes, the lower one being steeper than the upper one.