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A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and javelins.

A fixed object serving for guidance, as of a ship, a traveler, a surveyor, etc.; as, a seamark, a landmark.

sually taken at one time with the purpose of satisfying hunger; a repast; the acas, the traveler has not eaten a good meal for a week; there was silence during the meal. What strange fish Hath made his meal on thee Shak.

An allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per mile.

rvants who mislead or misinform you. Bacon. To give due light To the mislead and lonely traveler. Milton.

Limited as to degree of progress; as, to travel at moderate speed.

tatute (3 Ed VII. c. 36) as limited to motor cars (self-propelled vehicles) designed to travel on not more than three wheels, and weighing unladen (that is, without water, fuel, or accumulators necessary for propulsion) not more than three hundred weight (336 lbs.).

color, and when fresh of the consistence of honey, obtained from a bag being behind the navel of the male musk deer. It has a slightly bitter taste, but is specially remarkable for its powerful and enduring odor. It is used in medicine as a stimulant antispasmodic. The term is also applied to secretions of various oth…

The navel. [Obs.] hak.

The management of sails, rudder, etc.; the mechanics of traveling by water; seamanship.

Having the feet so near together that they interfere in traveling. Shak.

of or pertaining to gravel, or renal calculi. Dunglison.

shness; also, changed for the better; renovated; unworn; untried; unspent; as, rest and travel made him a new man. Steadfasty purposing to lead a new life. Bk. of Com. Prayer. Men after long emaciating diets, fat, and almost new. Bacon.

Going or traveling in the night. Gay.

alfway between the fess point and the middle base point of an escutcheon; -- called also navel point. See Escutcheon.

Well known by reputation or report; eminent; celebrated; as, a noted author, or traveler. -- Not"ed*ly, adv. -- Not"ed*ness, n.

son with whom the odd card is left is the old maid. -- Old man's beard. (Bot.) (a) The traveler's joy (Clematis Vitalba). So named from the abundant long feathery awns of its fruit.

Of or pertaining to the umbilicus, or navel.

A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to, the umbilicus, or navel.

A hernia at the navel.