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f a final. It is generally used on the tops of the upright ends or elbows which terminate seats, etc., in Gothic churches.

as from a valve to the interior of the cylinder of a steam engine; an opening in a valve seat, or valve face. Air port, Bridle port, etc. See under Air, Bridle, etc. -- Port bar (Naut.), a bar to secure the ports of a ship in a gale. -- Port lid (Naut.), a lid or hanging for closing the portholes of a vessel. -- St…

A piece of furniture like an ottoman, generally circular and affording cushion seats on all sides.

The official residence of a governor of a province; hence, a place; a splendid country seat.

The mercy seat; -- so called because a symbol of the propitiated Jehovah. Bp. Pearson.

res. -- Puppet valve, a valve in the form of a circular disk, which covers a hole in its seat, and opens by moving bodily away from the seat while remaining parallel with it, -- used in steam engines, pumps, safety valves, etc. Its edge is often beveled, and fits in a conical recess in the seat when the valve is close…

y pressure, without striking; -- opposed to draw. Sidelong had pushed a mountain from his seat. Milton.

ice connecting the adjacent ends of rails, in distinction from a chair, which is merely a seat. The two devices are sometimes united. Among several hundred varieties, the fish joint is standard. See Fish joint, under Fish. -- Rail train (Iron & Steel Manuf.), a train of rolls in a rolling mill, for making rails for ra…

The deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred. "To stint rancour and dissencioun." Chaucer. It would not be easy to conceive the passion, rancor, and malice of their tongues and hearts. Burke.

lian. They are exceedingly tough, and are used for walking sticks, wickerwork, chairs and seats of chairs, cords and cordage, and many other purposes.

e. [Obs.] It is peninsula which regardeth the mainland. Sandys. That exceedingly beatiful seat, on the assregarding the river. Evelyn.

pulses; the affections and passions; -- so called because formerly supposed to have their seat in the part of the body where the kidneys are. My reins rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. Prov. xxiii. 16. I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts. Rev. ii. 23. Reins of a vault (Arch.), the parts between the cr…

Kept for future or special use, or for an exigency; as, reserved troops; a reserved seat in a theater.

To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element. In such like acts, the duty and virtue of contentedness doth especially reside. Barrow.

To seat again; to reinstate. [Obs.] Spenser.

wife. Gen. xx. 7. Loss of Eden, till one greater man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat. Milton. The father banished virtue shall restore. Dryden.

Capable of being reversed; as, a chair or seat having a reversible back; a reversible judgment or sentence.

Any small upright face, as of a seat, platform, veranda, or the like.

particular portion of space appropriated for occupancy; a place to sit, stand, or lie; a seat. If he have but twelve pence in his purse, he will give it for the best room in a playhouse. Overbury. When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room. Luke xiv. 8.

Disposed to clothe everything with roseate hues; hence, sentimental. "Rose-pink piety." C. Kingsley.