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To go; to direct one's course. [Obs.] Ye might have busked you to Huntly banks. Skelton.

at; that not; -- commonly, after a negative, with that. It cannot be but nature hath some director, of infinite power, to guide her in all her ways. Hooker. There is no question but the king of Spain will reform most of the abuses. Addison.

A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company. I played a sentence or two at my butt, which I thought very smart. Addison.

An incidental or casual speech, not directly relating to the point. "To quote by-speeches." Hooker.

A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.; as in on or upon the bye, i.e., in passing; indirectly; by implication. [Obs. except in the phrase by the bye.] The Synod of Dort condemneth upon the bye even the discipline of the Church of England. Fuller.…

A private path; an obscure way; indirect means. God known, my son, By what bypaths, and indirect crooked ways, I met this crown. Shak.

ntricacy, imprinting the results on a leaden plate, from which a stereotype plate is then directly made.

A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so give; as, to give a ball a cant.

The musical director in royal or ducal chapel; a choirmaster. [Written also kepellmeister.]

That portion of the produce of industry, which may be directly employed either to support human beings or to assist in production. M'Culloch.

One who directs work; an overseer. [Sp. Amer.]

, revoling nearly in contact with each other, at different rates of speed, or in opposite directions, The staple issues in soft sheets, or in slender rolls called sivers.

omer; to carry a life insurance. Carry arms (Mil. Drill), a command of the Manual of Arms directing the soldier to hold his piece in the right hand, the barrel resting against the hollow of the shoulder in a nearly perpendicular position. In this position the soldier is said to stand, and the musket to be held, at carr…

d motor is cut loose from the other motor and is either left idle or (commonly) connected direct to the line.

To direct or turn, as the eyes. How earnestly he cast his eyes upon me! Shak.

Highly carbonized iron, the direct product of the blast furnace; -- used for making castings, and for conversion into wrought iron and steel. It can not be welded or forged, is brittle, and sometimes very hard. Besides carbon, it contains sulphur, phosphorus, silica, etc.

ia. Catalan furnace, Catalan forge (Metal.), a kind of furnace for producing wrought iron directly from the ore. It was formerly much used, esp. in Catalonia, and is still used in some parts of the United States and elsewhere.

Absolutely; directly; expressly; positively; as, to affirm categorically.

ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground. But that broad causeway will direct your way. Dryden. The other way Satan went down The causey to Hell-gate. Milton.

toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos. Centrifugal force (Mech.), a force whose direction is from a center.