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y. "Intercalary spines." Owen. This intercalary line . . . is made the last of a triplet. Beattie. Intercalary day (Med.), one on which no paroxysm of an intermittent disease occurs. Mayne.

[Berkely] erred, -- and who is free from error -- but his intentions were irreproachable. Beattie.

r between a casing and a receptacle, as a kettle. -- To dust one's jacket, to give one a beating. [Colloq.]

To tick; to beat; to mark or tell off. [Obs.] My thoughts are minutes, and with sighs they jar Their watches on unto mine eyes. Shak.

To beat; to strike. [Obs.] Florio.

A beater. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Fig.: To treat or form as by kneading; to beat. I will knead him : I'll make him supple. Shak. Kneading trough, a trough or tray in which dough is kneaded. Ex. viii. 3.

knit together in love. Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit. Shak. Come , knit hands, and beat the ground, In a light fantastic round. Milton. A link among the days, toknit The generations each to each. Tennyson.

To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap; as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door. For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked. Dryden. Seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. Matt. vii. 7. To knock about, to go about, taking knocks or rough usage; to wander about; to saunt…

A beating; a rap; a series of raps. The . . . repeated knockings of the head upon the ground by the Chinese worshiper. H. Spencer.

To beat with the knuckles; to pommel. [R.] Horace Smith.

The packet of vellum leaves in which the gold is first beaten into thin sheets.

To belabor; to beat. [Obs.] Dryden.

To beat; to lash; to make stripes on. [Colloq.] I'll lace your coat for ye. L'Estrange.

To beat soundly; to thrash. [Obs. or Low] Beau. & Fl.

To beat severely. [Low] Nares.

A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers beat leather.

To beat or flog soundly. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] Forby.

To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash; as, a whale lashes the sea with his tail. And big waves lash the frighted shores. Dryden.

The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; -- called also lay and batten. Blanchard lathe, a lathe for turning irregular forms after a given pattern, as lasts, gunstocks, and the like. -- Drill lathe, or Speed lathe, a small lathe which, from its high…