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nd or pulverized bones, used as a fertilizer. -- Bone earth (Chem.), the earthy residuum after the calcination of bone, consisting chiefly of phosphate of calcium. -- Bone lace, a lace made of linen thread, so called because woven with bobbins of bone. -- Bone oil, an oil obtained by, heating bones (as in the manufa…

roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its occupants from objects falling down the shaft.

er with a mixture of tallow, sulphur, and resin, as a temporary protection against worms, after the slime, shells, etc., have been scraped off.

ry to win at cards at first, in order to induce him to continue playing and victimize him afterwards. [Obs.] L'Estrange.

The enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another.

A stone in a building, left rough and projecting, to be afterward carved into shape. Gwilt.

To seek after plants for botanical investigation; to study plants.

One of the shafts of a clustered column. [Written also bowtel, boltel, boultell, etc.]

of the Civil War, enlisted in the United States service, and deserted as soon as possible after receiving the bounty. [Collog.] -- Queen Anne's bounty (Eng. Hist.), a provision made in Queen Anne's reign for augmenting poor clerical livings.

part of a saddletree. Bow bearer (O. Eng. Law), an under officer of the forest who looked after trespassers. -- Bow drill, a drill worked by a bow and string. -- Bow instrument (Mus.), any stringed instrument from which the tones are produced by the bow. -- Bow window (Arch.) See Bay window. -- To draw a long bow,…

of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwaft box (B.suffruticosa), is much used for borders in gardens. The wood of the tree varieties, being very hard and smooth, is extensively used in the arts, as by turners, engravers, mathematical instrument makers, etc. Box elder,…

The first week day after Christmas, a legal holiday on which Christmas boxes are given to postmen, errand boys, employees, etc. The night of this day is boxing night. [Eng.]

The mouth of a shaft. [Cornwall] Angle brace. See under Angle.

A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag.

A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct. Snatching a live brand from a wigwam, Mason threw it on a matted roof. Palfrey.

A wall of separation in a shaft or gallery used for ventilation.

A meal after fasting, or food in general. The wolves will get a breakfast by my death. Dryden.

Gentle exercise, causing a quicker respiration. An after dinner's breath. Shak. Out of breath, breathless, exhausted; breathing with difficulty. -- Under one's breath, in low tones.

Aspiration; secret prayer. "Earnest desires and breathings after that blessed state." Tillotson.

highly ornamented cake, to be distributed to the guests at a wedding, or sent to friends after the wedding.