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The art or science of flying.

A flying machine.

A heavier-than-air flying machine in which the motive power is furnished solely by the aviator.

The act of flying; flight; evaporation. [Obs.]

s earliest ray . . . awake her. Tennyson. And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us; we perish. Matt. viii. 25.

On the wing; flying; fluttering. Wallace.

he center of any object; as, the azimuth of a star; the azimuth or bearing of a line surveying.

s, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back of a hand rail. Methought Love pitying me, when he saw this, Gave me your hands, the backs and palms to kiss. Donne.

re determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables. Backgammon board , a board for playing backgammon, often made in the form of two rectangular trays hinged together, each tray containing two "tables".

One living in the back or outlying districts of a community. The English backsettlers of Leinster and Munster. Macaulay.

to the class Algæ, usually in the form of a jointed rodlike filament, and found in putrefying organic infusions. Bacteria are destitute of chlorophyll, and are the smallest of microscopic organisms. They are very widely diffused in nature, and multiply with marvelous rapidity, both by fission and by spores. Certain sp…

The method of blackmailing by decoying a person into a compromising situation and extorting money by threats of exposure. [Cant]

The practice of buying wheat and other kinds of food in one place and selling them in another for a profit. [Prov. Eng.]

A weight used in certain parts of the East Indies, varying considerably in different localities, the range being from 223 to 625 pounds.

The act or process of cooking in an oven, or of drying and hardening by heat or cold.

To settle and adjust, as an account; to make two accounts equal by paying the difference between them. I am very well satisfied that it is not in my power to balance accounts with my Maker. Addison.

ced in beginning a game; also, a line around the table, parallel to the sides, used in playing a particular game, called the balk line game.

That which is used for steadying anything; ballast.

A solution used as a vehicle in applying bronze pigments. In addition to acetote, benzine, and a little pyroxylin, it contains amyl acetate, which gives it the odor of bananas.

A barbed dart carrying a banderole which the banderillero thrusts into the neck or shoulder of the bull in a bullfight.