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A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask. Knight.

A kind of inn, in the East, where caravans rest at night, being a large, rude, unfurnished building, surrounding a court. [Written also caravanserai and caravansera.]

The saturation of defecated beet juice with carbonic acid gas. Knight.

hydrocarbon; to carbonize or carburize. By carbureting the gas you may use poorer coal. Knight.

s great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; -- also called buffalo bug. -- Carpet knight. (a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of the drawing room; an effeminate person. Shak. (b) One made a knight, for some other than military distinction or…

rd box. Carton pierre (, a species of papier-maché, imitating stone or bronze sculpture. Knight.

To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan. Lie ten nights awake carving the fashion of a new doublet. Shak. To carve out, to make or get by cutting, or as if by cutting; to cut out. "[Macbeth] with his brandished steel . . . carved out his passage." Shak. Fortunes were carved out of the property of the crown. Macaula…

A small fissure which admits water to the workings. Knight.

One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.

dney Smith for destroying the French flotilla at Boulogne, 1804, were called catamarans. Knight.

ges into a sewer, to oatch bulky matters which would not pass readly throught the sewer. Knight.

A military man serving on horseback; a knight.

Work formed of clay in whole or in part, and baked; as, vases, urns, etc. Knight.

A writing on wax. Knight.

A pipe for carrying off waste water, etc., from a sink or cesspool. Knight.

The warp threads of a web. Knight. Chain belt (Mach.), a belt made of a chain; -- used for transmitting power. -- Chain boat, a boat fitted up for recovering lost cables, anchors, etc. -- Chain bolt (a) (Naut.) The bolt at the lower end of the chain plate, which fastens it to the vessel's side. (b) A bolt with a chai…

To pass from one phase to another; as, the moon changes to-morrow night.

The metal plate or tip which protects the end of a scabbard, belt, etc. Knight.

The office or business of a chaplain. The Bethesda of some knight's chaplainship. Milton.

A night watchman; -- an old name.