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the others schooner-rigged. [Spelled also barquentine, barkantine, etc.] See Illust. in Append.

meter with tube contracted at bottom to prevent rapid oscillations of the mercury, and suspended in gimbals from an arm or support on shipboard. -- Mountain barometer, a portable mercurial barometer with tripod support, and long scale, for measuring heights. -- Siphon barometer, a barometer having a tube bent like a…

A follower of Henry Barrowe, one of the founders of Independency or Congregationalism in England. Barrowe was executed for nonconformity in 1953.

A blacksmith's hammer, suspended, and worked horizontally.

tles. Bacon. The cavalry, by way of distinction, was called the battle, and on it alone depended the fate of every action. Robertson.

to fifteen inches high, used in hunting hares and other small game. See Illustration in Appendix.

The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended. The doubtful beam long nods from side to side. Pope.

The appendages to the jaw in some Cetacea, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.

connection. But of this frame, the bearings and the ties, The strong connections, nice dependencies. Pope.

Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix.

One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use.

To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence. Vast chain of being! which from God began. Pope.

e put upon one's good behavior, to be in a state of trial, in which something important depends on propriety of conduct. -- During good behavior, while (or so long as) one conducts one's self with integrity and fidelity or with propriety.

In arrears financially; in a state where expenditures have exceeded the receipt of funds.

The framing on which a bell is suspended.

ghty). Milton. King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets Acts xxvi. Often followed by a dependent clause. I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Acts viii. 37.

Brazilian leaf hopper (Bocydium tintinnabuliferum), remarkable for the four bell-shaped appendages of its thorax.

To be a part of, or connected with; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service. A desert place belonging to . . . Bethsaids. Luke ix. 10. The mighty men which belonged to David. 1 Kings i. 8.

That which is connected with a principal or greater thing; an appendage; an appurtenance.

Worn in, or suspended from, the belt. Three men with belted brands. Sir W. Scott. Belted cattle, cattle originally from Dutch stock, having a broad band of white round the middle, while the rest of the body is black; -- called also blanketed cattle.