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A certain proportion of the ore raised, or of its value, given to the miner as his recompense. Pryce. Tomlinson. Tribute money, money paid as a tribute or tax. -- Tribute pitch. (Mining) See under Tributer. [Eng.]

A sign or memorial of a victory raised on the field of battle, or, in case of a naval victory, on the nearest land. Sometimes trophies were erected in the chief city of the conquered people.

ter, or for small trade; small commodities; esp., in the United States, garden vegetables raised for the market. [Colloq.]

An artificial hillock, especially one raised over a grave, particularly over the graves of persons buried in ancient times; a barrow.

tant. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump, . . . the dead shall be raised incorruptible. 1 Cor. xv. 52.

A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged, -- used for raising water, as for irrigation.

A raised letter, figure, accent, or other character, cast in metal or cut in wood, used in printing.

tached. This was sometimes fixed, and sometimes moved freely upon the helmet and could be raised like the beaver. Called also umber, and umbril. [Obs.] But only vented up her umbriere. Spenser.

Done (as bowling) with the arm not raised above the elbow, that is, not swung far out from the body; underhand. Cf. Over-arm and Round-Arm.

To groan beneath. [Obs.] Earth undergroaned their high-raised feet. Chapman.

The place or space beneath the surface of the ground; subterranean space. A spirit raised from depth of underground. Shak.

Not raised to the rank of a lord. Milton.

Not valued; not appraised; hence, not considered; disregarded; valueless; as, an unvalued estate. "Unvalued persons." Shak.

lton. Thou hast fired me; my soul's up in arms. Dryden. Grief and passion are like floods raised in little brooks by a sudden rain; they are quickly up. Dryden. A general whisper ran among the country people, that Sir Roger was up. Addison. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate. Longfellow.…

Upraised; erect; -- said of the ears of an animal. Mason.

Raised up in a ridge or ridges; as, a billow upridged. Cowper.

Suddenly raised to prominence or consequence. "A race of upstart creatures." Milton.

ch, being limited by the deed, expires or can not vest, and results or returns to him who raised it, after such expiration. -- Secondary, or Shifting, use, a use which, though executed, may change from one to another by circumstances. Blackstone. -- Statute of uses (Eng. Law), the stat. 27 Henry VIII., cap. 10, which…

A false wall; a work raised in front of the main wall. [Written also vaimure, and vamure.] Camden.

r (Zoöl.), one of the anal, or crissal, feathers of a bird. -- Vent field (Gun.), a flat raised surface around a vent. -- Vent piece. (Gun.) (a) A bush. See 4th Bush, n, 2. (b) A breech block.