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Thieving in a small way. Shak. -- n.

A spring packing ring, or any of several such rings, for a piston.

A covering of plaster; plasterwork.

Deliberating. -- Pon"der*ing*ly, adv.

A porridge dish; esp., a bowl or cup from which children eat or are fed; as, a silver porringer. Wordsworth.

a. & n. from Powder, v. t. Powdering tub. (a) A tub or vessel in which meat is corned or salted. (b) A heated tub in which an infected lecher was placed for cure. [Obs.] Shak.

Cruising in a privateer.

A series of quarters, or small upright posts. See Quarter, n., 1 (m) (Arch.) Gwilt. Quartering block, a block on which the body of a condemned criminal was quartered. Macaulay.

The mercury and foil on the back of a looking-glass.

With quivering motion.

tic rapid-fire guns; the former being automatic guns of not less than one inch caliber, firing a shell of not less than one pound weight, the explosion of each cartridge operating the mechanism for ejecting the empty shell, loading, and firing the next shot, the latter being guns that require one operation of the hand…

The process of applying additional colors, by applications of printing blocks, to patterns already partly colored.

wer possessed by a substance to refract a ray; as, different substances have different refringencies. Nichol.

Pertaining to, or possessing, refringency; refractive; refracting; as, a refringent prism of spar. Nichol.

Recording; -- applied to instruments; having an apparatus which registers; as, a registering thermometer. See Recording.

enders, or that which is rendered. Specifically: (a) A version; translation; as, the rendering of the Hebrew text. Lowth. (b) In art, the presentation, expression, or interpretation of an idea, theme, or part. (c) The act of laying the first coat of plaster on brickwork or stonework. (d) The coat of plaster thus laid o…

To confine; to contract; to stringe. [Obs.]

Quality or state of being restringent; astringency. [Obs.] Sir W. Petty.

Restringing; astringent; styptic. [Obs.] -- n.

Reserved; shy; not forward or obtrusive; as, retiring modesty; retiring manners.