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To seize with the teeth; to gnaw. "Knabbing crusts." [Obs.] L'Estrange.

An order of teleostean fishes, including the Anabas, or climbing perch, and other allied fishes.

andle, an iron rail at the side of a vertical fixed ladder, to grasp with the hand in climbing. -- Ladder shell (Zoöl.), a spiral marine shell of the genus Scalaria. See Scalaria.

A climbing plant with fragrant blossoms (Clematis vitalba).

A slender climbing plant; dodder.

pt over by a vector drawn from the sun to a planet are proportioned to the times of describing them. (3) The squares of the times of revolution of two planets are in the ratio of the cubes of their mean distances. -- Law binding, a plain style of leather binding, used for law books; -- called also law calf. -- Law bo…

pertinaciously. -- To lay the course (Naut.), to sail toward the port intended without jibing. -- To lay the land (Naut.), to cause it to disappear below the horizon, by sailing away from it. -- To lay to (a) To charge upon; to impute. (b) To apply with vigor.

A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and foot.

Technically, to make smooth by rubbing in a moist condition between hard surfaces, as in grinding pigments.

A luxuriant woody plant, climbing high trees and having ropelike stems. The grapevine often has the habit of a liane. Lianes are abundant in the forests of the Amazon region.

A variety of climbing or pole bean (Phaseolus lunatus), which has very large flattish seeds. (b) The seed of this plant, much used for food. -- Lima wood (Bot.), the beautiful dark wood of the South American tree Cæsalpinia echinata.

ng; to sleep or make one's bed in litter. [R.] The inn Where he and his horse littered. Habington.

A climbing species of Clematis (C. Vitalba).

A genus of ferns with twining or climbing fronds, bearing stalked and variously-lobed divisions in pairs.

A herbaceous climbing vine (Boussingaultia baselloides) very popular in cultivation, having shining entire leaves and racemes of small fragrant white flowers.

A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.

A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out a cannon.

resembling, a natural order of tropical trees and shrubs (Malpighiaceæ), some of them climbing plants, and their stems forming many of the curious lianes of South American forests.

One who goes before a prince to declare his coming and provide entertainment; a harbinger; a pursuivant.

A rubbing or kneading of the body, especially when performed as a hygienic or remedial measure.