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A framework or fabric, as of beams. Sir H. Wotton.

shortsighted men . . . the rays converge and convene in the eyes before they come at the bottom. Sir I. Newton.

Concerned; occupied. Education . . . is conversant about children. W. Wotton.

emplative. She chose . . . to endue him with the conversative qualities of youth. Sir H. Wotton.

A policeman. [Slang] Cop waste, a kind of cotton waste, composed chiefly

The teredo; -- so called because it injures the bottoms of vessels, where not protected by copper.

A smokeless powder composed of nitroglycerin, guncotton, and mineral jelly, and used by the British army and in other services. In making it the ingredients are mixed into a paste with the addition of acetone and pressed out into cords (of various diameters) resembling brown twine, which are dried and cut to length. A…

A sort of cotton velveteen, having the surface raised in ridges.

In the West Indies: (1) Either of the cotton trees Ochroma lagopus and Pariti tiliaceum. (2)

A flat-bottomed cylindrical enlargement of the mouth of a hole, usually of slight depth, as for receiving a cylindrical screw head.

with flowers (usually fleurs-de-lis) so divided that the tops appear on one side and the bottoms on the others; -- said of any ordinary.

A certificate of interest due, printed at the bottom of transferable bonds (state, railroad, etc.), given for a term of years, designed to be cut off and presented for payment when the interest is due; an interest warrant.

s herself for hire; a prostitute; a harlot. Lasciviously decked like a courtesan. Sir H. Wotton.

Turning on pivots at the top and bottom; -- said of a door.

An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dragging at the bottom of a well, or any other body of water, and bringing up what may lie there.

A fabric with cotton warp and woolen weft.

To crack; to flaw. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.

a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound. Loud thunder to its bottom shook the bog, And the hoarse nation croaked. Pope.

A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively. Crochet hook, Crochet needle, a small hook, or a hooked needle (often of bone), used in crochet work.

r the other, which is called pile, or reverse; the game called heads or tails. -- Cross bottony or bottoné. See under Bottony. -- Cross estoilé (Her.). a cross, each of whose arms is pointed like the ray of a star; that is, a star having four long points only. -- Cross of Calvary. See Calvary, 3. -- Southern cross.…