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controlling certain kinds of aëroplanes, and consisting principally of a steering column mounted with a universal joint at the base, which is bellshaped and has attached to it the cables for controlling the wing-warping devices, elevator planes, and the like.

Having clouds resting on the top or head; reaching to the clouds; as, cloud-capped mountains.

charcoal, mainly of carbon, but more compact, and often affording, when heated, a large amount of volatile matter.

A number, commonly used in computation as a factor, expressing the amount of some change or effect under certain fixed conditions as to temperature, length, volume, etc.; as, the coefficient of expansion; the coefficient of friction. Arbitrary coefficient (Math.), a literal coefficient placed arbitrarily in an algebrai…

A small bronze mortar mounted on a wooden block with handles, and light enough to be carried short distances by two men.

A short ridge connecting two higher elevations or mountains; the pass over such a ridge.

A small hill or mount. [Obs.] And watered park, full of fine collines and ponds. Evelyn.

(with the accent on to) To recover, as from a swoon. (d) To arrive at; to reach. (e) To amount to; as, the taxes come to a large sum. (f) To fall to; to be received by, as an inheritance. Shak. -- To come to blows. See under Blow. -- To come to grief. See under Grief. -- To come to a head. (a) To suppurate, as a bo…

One of the ten laws or precepts given by God to the Israelites at Mount Sinai.

its of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount; a set-off. Bouvier. Wharton.

Full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set; completeness. To exceed his complement and number appointed him which was one hundred and twenty persons. Hakluyt.

obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment. Compositions for not taking the order of knighthood. Hallam. Cleared by composition with their creditors. Blackstone.

The result of computation; the amount computed.

a mass or aggregate; to bring together; to accumulate. To what will thy congested guilt amount Blackmore.

To subdue or overcome by mental or moral power; to surmount; as, to conquer difficulties, temptatin, etc. By winning words to conquer hearts, And make persuasion do the work of fear. Milton.

Worthiness of consideration; dignity; value; size; amount.

not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America.

Payment, by each of several jointly liable, of a share in a loss suffered or an amount paid by one of their number for the common benefit.

To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer together; as, lines converge. The mountains converge into a single ridge. Jefferson.

vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount. He had lost a cool hundred. Fielding. Leaving a cool thousand to Mr.Matthew Pocket. Dickens.