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The act of stopping with a plug.

A crystalline substance said to be found in the root of a certain plant of the Leadwort (Plumbago) family.

Pertaining to natural order (Plumbagineæ) of gamopetalous herbs, of which plumbago is the type. The order includes also the marsh rosemary, the thrift, and a few other genera.

Resembling plumbago; consisting of, or containing, plumbago; as, a plumbaginous slate.

A kind of granite or gneiss containing a silvery talcose mineral.

Tending to, or caused by, prurigo; affected by, or of the nature of, prurigo.

The act or process of working and tempering clay to make it plastic and of uniform consistency, as for bricks, for pottery, etc.

That purges; cleansing. Purging flax (Bot.), an annual European plant of the genus Linum (L. catharticum); dwarf wild flax; -- so called from its use as a cathartic medicine.

An engine, usually an internal-combustion engine of a certain type (the radial type) having several cylinders arranged radially like the spokes of a complete wheel. The semiradial engine has radiating cylinders on only one side of the crank shaft.

A semiradial engine. See Radial engine, above.

a. & n. from Rage, v. i. -- Ra"*ging*ly, adv.

Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the vagina.

Executing revenge; revengeful. -- Re*ven"ging*ly, adv. Shak.

So as to form ridges.

rve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc. See Illustr. of Ship and Sails. Running rigging (Naut.), all those ropes used in bracing the yards, making and shortening sail, etc., such as braces, sheets, halyards, clew lines, and the like. -- Standing rigging (Naut.), the shrouds and stays.

a & n. from Ring, v. Ringing engine, a simple form of pile driver in which the monkey is lifted by men pulling on ropes.

In a ringing manner.

Having the appearance or color of iron rust; rusty-looking.

A coarse kind of woolen cloth, used for wrapping, blanketing, etc.

A nappy cloth. [Obs.] Wiseman.