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scion and stock, in the direction of the grain and in the middle of the sloping surface, forming a kind of tongue, so that when put together, the tongue of each is inserted in the slit of the other. -- Grafting scissors, a surgeon's scissors, used in rhinoplastic operations, etc. -- Grafting tool. (a) Any tool used…

The act or the process of forming into granite. Humble.

The act or process of forming or crystallizing into grains; as, the granulation of powder and sugar.

A framework of sleepers and crossbeams forming a foundation in marshy or treacherous soil.

The act of forming a groove or grooves; a groove, or collection of grooves.

A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin lodes in Cornwall.

Performing, or appropriate to, the office of a protector; as, a guardian care. Feast of Guardian Angels (R. C. Ch.) a church festival instituted by Pope Paul V., and celebrated on October 2d. -- Guardian angel. (a) The particular spiritual being believed in some branches of the Christian church to have guardianship an…

Something shaped like the food passage, or performing similar functions; as:

A logarithmic line on Gunter's scale, used for performing the multiplication and division of numbers mechanically by the dividers; -- called also line of lines, and line of numbers.

Athletic or disciplinary exercises; the art of performing gymnastic exercises; also, disciplinary exercises for the intellect or character.

Bloodforming; as, the hæmapoietic function of the spleen.

The central chapel of the three forming the sanctuary of a Coptic church. It contains the high altar, and is usually closed by an embroidered curtain.

The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of the body.

An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now called a ravelin.

To be busy forming anything; to labor hard as if shaping something with a hammer. Whereon this month I have hammering. Shak.

Stone forming the hearth; hence, the fireside; home. Chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone. A. Lincoln.

A tool used by turners in metal, having a bend forming a heel near the cutting end.

mispheres. (Anat.) See Brain. -- Magdeburg hemispheres (Physics), two hemispherical cups forming, when placed together, a cavity from which the air can be withdrawn by an air pump; -- used to illustrate the pressure of the air. So called because invented by Otto von Guericke at Magdeburg.

determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment. Pope.

ature, one of the sixty-four figures formed of six parallel lines (continuous or broken), forming the basis of the Yih King, or "Book of Changes." S. W. Williams.