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An ornamental appendage to the skirt of a woman's dress, consisting of a strip gathered and sewed on by its upper edge around the skirt, and left hanging.

n composition, to denote multiplication or increase in a geometrical ratio, the doubling, tripling, etc., of anything; as, fourfold, four times, increased in a quadruple ratio, multiplied by four.

To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip. Dryden.

in search of food; to collect food, esp. forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the country; to ravage; to feed on spoil. His most mighty father on a hill Stood smiling to behold his lion's whelp Forage in blood of French nobility. Shak. Foraging ant (Zoöl.), one of several species of ants of the gen…

he latter are developed in harmony with the primary structures. -- Centrifugal force, Centripetal force, Coercive force, etc. See under Centrifugal, Centripetal, etc. -- Composition of forces, Correlation of forces, etc. See under Composition, Correlation, etc. -- Force and arms Etym: [trans. of L. vi et armis] (Law…

Difficult to travel; likely to trip one up; as, a founderous road. [R.] Burke.

A cheek stripe of color.

d or plaited together, and sometimes of loose threads of wool, silk, or linen, or narrow strips of leather, or the like.

The act of stripping, as trees, of leaves or branches; a kind of pruning. Evelyn.

A plant of the genus Atriplex; orache. Gray.

Strips of dressed skins with fur, used on garments for warmth or for ornament.

The leveling of a surface, or the preparing of an air space, by means of strips of board or of larger pieces. See Fur, v. t., 3.

A kind of striped cotton fabric, usually of superior quality and striped with blue or red on white.

A strip of material, as leather, running around a shoe at and above the sole, as for protection or ornament.

A species of grass (Tripsacum dactyloides) tall, stout, and exceedingly productive; cultivated in the West Indies, Mexico, and the Southern States of North America as a forage grass; -- called also sesame grass.

To strip of the bowels; to clean. "Pilchards . . . are garbaged." Holland.

s of the genus Eutænia, of several species (esp. E. saurita and E. sirtalis); one of the striped snakes; -- so called from its conspicuous stripes of color.

A machine for raising or moving heavy weights, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc.

A kind of cotton or linen cloth, usually in stripes or checks, the yarn of which is dyed before it is woven; -- distinguished from printed cotton or prints.

; to twinkle. And all along the forum and up the sacred seat, His vulture eye pursued the trip of those small glancing feet. Macaulay.