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A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a bar of color.

A part of the tiling which projects beyond the principal rafters, in buildings where there is a gable. Gwilt.

on American swallow (Hirundo horreorum), which attaches its nest of mud to the beams and rafters of barns.

nds ( four in number) which designate the circuit which each player must endeavor to make after striking the ball.

Originally, the place of a king; but afterward, an apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; and hence, any large hall used for this purpose.

. The larva makes and carries about a bag or basket-like case of silk and twigs, which it afterwards hangs up to shelter the pupa and wingless adult females.

to (b) as, a Batavian legion. Batavian Republic, the name given to Holland by the French after its conquest in 1795.

apet, consisting of alternate solids and open spaces. At first purely a military feature, afterwards copied on a smaller scale with decorative features, as for churches.

the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; -- called also working beam or walking beam.

One who holds a check, note, draft, or other order for the payment of money; as, pay to bearer.

The part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing; the journal.

A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton, shorn after dyeing. Simmonds.

By chance; by accident. [Obs.] Grafton.

The second crust formed in port and some other wines after long keeping. It consists of pure, shining scales of tartar, supposed to resemble the wing of a bee.

Prior or preceding in dignity, order, rank, right, or worth; rather than. He that cometh after me is preferred before me. John i. 15. The eldest son is before the younger in succession. Johnson.

us laymen living in imitation of the Beguines. They arose in the thirteenth century, were afterward subjected to much persecution, and were suppressed by Innocent X. in

To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure. The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. Gen. iii. 13.

Left after the departure of, whether this be by removing to a distance or by death. A small part of what he left behind him. Pope.

The French name for concrete; hence, concrete made after the French fashion.

To put trappings on; to clothe; to deck. After them followed two other chariots covered with red satin, and the horses betrapped with the same. Stow.