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A Hebrew dry measure, containing a little over two (2.37) pints. W. H. Ward. 2 Kings vi. 25.

A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.

tomachic; the leaves have an aromatic odor, and were formerly used instead of rushes to strew on floors.

Characterized by cunning or shrewdness; crafty. [R.]

Acuteness of discernment; cunningness; shrewdness. [R.] Her eagly-eyed callidity. C. Smart.

Crossbarres; marked with cross lines. Grew.

Artful; cunning; shrewd; wary.

A person having authority over others acting in concert; as, the captain of a boat's crew; the captain of a football team. A trainband captain eke was he. Cowper. The Rhodian captain, relying on . . . the lightness of his vessel, passed, in open day, through all the guards. Arbuthnot.

Subdued by love; charmed; captivated. Even in so short a space, my wonan's heart Grossly grew captive to his honey words. Shak.

s of success in an undertaking. -- To play one's cards well, to make no errors; to act shrewdly. -- To play snow one's cards, to expose one's plants to rivals or foes. -- To speak by the card, to speak from information and definitely, not by guess as in telling a ship's bearing by the compass card. -- Visiting card…

inattentive; unmindful; regardless. My brother was too careless of his charge. Shak. He grew careless of himself. Steele.

A revolving piece of fireworks resembling in form the window of the same name. [Written also Catharine wheel.]

to produce a different but definite rate of angular velocity in an axis, as in cutting screws, gear, etc. -- To ring the changes on, to present the same facts or arguments in variety of ways.

d by kindness; favorable; lenient. By a charitable construction it may be a sermon. L. Andrews.

To cut, so as to make a screw thread.

A tool with several points, used for cutting or finishing screw threads, either external or internal, on work revolving in a lathe.

om from unlawful sexual intercourse. She . . . hath preserved her spotless chastity. T. Carew.

To talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to jabber; to prate. To tame a shrew, and charm her chattering tongue. Shak.

y be verified, or on which they may be checked. -- Check nut (Mech.), a secondary nut, screwing down upon the primary nut to secure it. Knight. -- Check valve (Mech.), a valve in the feed pipe of a boiler to prevent the return of the feed water. -- To take check, to take offense. [Obs.] Dryden.

The Hebrew plural of Cherub.. Cf. Seraphim.