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A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle. Fairholt.

The spring to which a drawbar is attached.

ysters, etc., from their beds. (b) A dredging machine. (c) An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.

An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier.

n; one of the large wheels of a locomotive to which the connecting rods of the engine are attached; -- called also, simply, driver. See Illust. of Locomotive.

A dynamometer to which is attached a device for automatically registering muscular power.

ar of an animal; any prominence or projection on an object, -- usually one for support or attachment; a lug; a handle; as, the ears of a tub, a skillet, or dish. The ears of a boat are outside kneepieces near the bow. See Illust. of Bell.

Strong attachment to ecclesiastical usages, forms, etc.

To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw. Good nature engages everybody to him. Addison.

ile encounter; as, the engaged ships continued the fight. Engaged column. (Arch.) Same as Attached column. See under Attach, v. t.

With attachment; with interest; earnestly.

Formed, or deposited, by the action of wind, as dunes. Eolian attachment, Eolian harp. See Æolian.

Attachment to the doctrines of Epicurus; the principles or belief of Epicurus.

Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached.

An attachment to a microscope, telescope, or other optical instrument, for making the image erect instead of inverted.

To alienate the affections or confidence of; to turn from attachment to enmity or indifference. I do not know, to this hour, what it is that has estranged him from me. Pope. He . . . had pretended to be estranged from the Whigs, and had promised to act as a spy upon them. Macaulay.

Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some other partintrinsic.

The scar to which the adductor muscle is attached in oysters and other bivalve shells; also, the adductor muscle itself, esp. when used as food, as in the scallop.

To give warning to; -- said of a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached, the warning being to the effect that he shall not pay the money or deliver the property of the defendant in his hands to him, but appear and answer the suit of the plaintiff.

king box, a box in which a long rope is faked; used in the life-saving service for a line attached to a shot.