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A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot.

Among Spanish Americans, a foreigner, esp. an Englishman or American; -- often used as a term of reproach.

The slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.

One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.

A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.

In a hankering manner.

Fountain; source. The headspring of our belief. Stapleton.

g sound; perception of sound; the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived; as, my hearing is good. I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear. Job xlii. 5.

A nerve or tendon, supposed to brace and sustain the heart. Shak. Sobbing, as if a hearstring broke. Moore.

An offering or oblation heaved up or elevated before the altar, as the shoulder of the peace offering. See Wave offering. Ex. xxix. 27.

ies of fishes of the genus Clupea, and allied genera, esp. the common round or English herring (C. harengus) of the North Atlantic. Herrings move in vast schools, coming in spring to the shores of Europe and America, where they are salted and smoked in great quantities. Herring gull (Zoöl.), a large gull which feeds in…

Pertaining to, or like, the spine of a herring; especially, characterized by an arrangement of work in rows of parallel lines, which in the alternate rows slope in different directions. Herringbone stitch, a kind of cross-stitch in needlework, chiefly used in flannel. Simmonds.

Rising higher; ascending. In ever highering eagle circles. Tennyson.

One who puts rings into the snouts of hogs.

Spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle.

Gravel retaining in the hopper of a cradle.

In a hovering manner.

That implores; beseeching; entreating. -- Im*plor"ing*ly, adv.

Not concurring; disagreeing. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Without error, mistake, or deviation; unerringly. Glanvill.