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e truth of a writing, a copy of record. Facts . . . attested by particular pagan authors. Addison.

Dress; clothes; headdress; anything which dresses or adorns; esp., ornamental clothing. Earth in her rich attire. Milton. I 'll put myself in poor and mean attire. Shak. Can a maid forget her ornament, or a bride her attire Jer. ii. 32.

A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules.

That which is superadded; augmentation. [Obs.] Baxter.

ing which the Lord has spoken. Josh. xxi. 45 But go, my son, and see if aught be wanting. Addison.

To add an augment to.

The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase.

ctor of divinity in some European universities. It begins by a harangue of the chancellor addressed to the young doctor, who then receives the cap, and presides at the disputation (also called the aulic).

A celestial crown or accidental glory added to the bliss of heaven, as a reward to those (as virgins, martyrs, preachers, etc.) who have overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil.

Any charge in addition to the regular charge for freight of goods shipped.

pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc.

Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle. "This is mere moral babble." Milton.

to apprehend an offender. -- To back water (Naut.), to reverse the action of the oars, paddles, or propeller, so as to force the boat or ship backward.

attached to the rim of a water wheel to prevent the water from running off the floats or paddies into the interior of the wheel. W. Nicholson.

A saw (as a tenon saw) whose blade is stiffened by an added metallic back.

Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer.

Chemical decomposition brought about by bacteria without the addition of oxygen.

under the canton of Berne, governed by a bailiff sent every three years from the senate. Addison.

m. I am very well satisfied that it is not in my power to balance accounts with my Maker. Addison.

The globe or earth. Pope. Move round the dark terrestrial ball. Addison. Ball and socket joint, a joint in which a ball moves within a socket, so as to admit of motion in every direction within certain limits. -- Ball bearings, a mechanical device for lessening the friction of axle bearings by means of small loose met…