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sis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come ~; begone; take ~. And the Lord said . . . Away, get thee down. Exod. xix. 24.

Sown during the last years of a tenancy, but not ripe until after its expiration; -- said of crops. Wharton.

Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; -- said of the anchor. Totten.

A native nurse for children; also, a lady's maid. [India]

Pulpy throughout, like a berry; -- said of fruits. Gray.

To support; to maintain; to second or strengthen by aid or influence; as, to back a friend. "Parliament would be backed by the people." Macaulay. Have still found it necessary to back and fortify their laws with rewards and punishments. South. The mate backed the captain manfully. Blackw. Mag.

To have or experience a back fire or back fires; -- said of an internal-combustion engine.

Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.

Support or aid given to a person or cause.

To plow again, in the fall; -- said of prairie land broken up in the spring. [Western U.S.]

e consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the latter; -- also, the premium so paid. See Contango. Biddle.

so that the movement of the mercurial column changes the indication of the tube. With the aid of electrical or mechanical devices adapted to it, it is used for the automatic regulation of the temperature of rooms warmed artificially, and as a fire alarm. -- Balance of torsion. See Torsion Balance. -- Balance of trade…

Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid.

A toll paid for the privilege of taking up ballast in a port or harbor.

A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban; as, a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes. Ban of the empire (German Hist.), an imperial interdict by which political rights and privileges, as those of a prince, city, or district, were taken away.…

Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See Barded ( which is the proper form.) Sir W. Raleigh.

ification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet. En barbette, In barbette, said of guns when they are elevated so as to fire over the top of a parapet, and not through embrasures. -- Barbette gun, or Barbette battery, a single gun, or a number of guns, mounted in barbette, or partially protected by a par…

Money paid for the support of a barbican. [Obs.]

Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse.

To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs; -- said of some animals, but especially of dogs.