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of different colors and used by vessels at sea, and in the life-saving service; -- named after their inventor.

A meal made from hulled cotton seeds after the oil has been expressed.

Originally, a high judicial officer of the German emperors; afterward, the holder of a fief, to whom was granted the right to exercise certain imperial powers within his own domains. [Germany]

The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.

directions; as, to counterbrace the yards, i. e., to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another.

A batten laid lengthwise between two rafters to afford a bearing for laths laid crosswise.

A pair of rafters framed together with a tie fixed at their feet, or with a collar beam. [Engl.]

To run, hunt, or chase after; to follow hard upon; to pursue. We coursed him at the heels. Shak.

d trust thy honest-offered courtesy, With oft is sooner found in lowly sheds, With smoky rafters, than in tapestry walls And courts of princes, where it first was named, And yet is most pretended. Milton. Pardon me, Messer Claudio, if once more I use the ancient courtesies of speech. Longfellow.

After the manner of a court; elegant; polite; courtly.

ce, repentance, faith, etc. I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. Gen. xvii. 7.

To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden). Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house. Ex. xx. 17.

cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterward united and rehooped.

nd, as a worm; to move slowly on hands and kness; to creep. A worm finds what it searches after only by feeling, as it crawls from one thing to another. Grew.

To sketch, as with a crayon; to sketch or plan. He soon afterwards composed that discourse, conformably to the plan which he had crayoned out. Malone.

business, or for the construction of public works, by means of loans on personal estate, after the manner of the crédit foncier on real estate. In practice, however, this distinction has not been strictly observed.

The emblem of the Turkish Empire, adopted after the taking of Constantinople. The cross of our faith is replanted, The pale, dying crescent is daunted. Campbell.

In the game of croquet, to drive away an opponent's ball, after putting one's own in contact with it, by striking one's own ball with the mallet.

To contract irregularly; to show wrinkless after being crushed together; as, leaves crumple.

him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord. Is. xl. 3. Some cried after him to return. Bunyan.