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Winding or circling round a center or pole and gradually receding from it; as, the spiral curve of a watch spring.

Of or pertaining to both the squamosal and zygomatic bones; -- applied to a bone, or a center of ossification, in some fetal skulls. -- n.

dy so placed that if disturbed it returns to its former position, as in the case when the center of gravity is below the point or axis of support; -- opposed to unstable equilibrium, in which the body if disturbed does not tend to return to its former position, but to move farther away from it, as in the case of a body…

to endure; to last; hence, to find endurance, strength, or resources. My mind on its own center stands unmoved. Dryden.

Starlike; having similar parts radiating from a common center; as, stellate flowers.

earth. Stereographic projection (Geom.), a method of representing the sphere in which the center of projection is taken in the surface of the sphere, and the plane upon which the projection is made is at right andles to the diameter passing through the center of projection.

en of surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch.

e against which the latch of a door lock strikes as the door is closed. (b) A part of the centering of an arch, which is driven back to loosen the centering in striking it.

Under the center.

A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; -- used by…

Any heavenly body which forms the center of a system of orbs.

of argument or illustration; to assume to be true; as, let us suppose the earth to be the center of the system, what would be the result Suppose they take offence without a cause. Shak. When we have as great assurance that a thing is, as we could possibly, supposing it were, we ought not to make any doubt of its existe…

r attach. "In hopes of getting some commendam tacked to their sees." Swift. And tacks the center to the sphere. Herbert.

The center in the spindle of a turning lathe.

The sliding block or support, in a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or adjustable center. The headstock supports the live spindle.

tish top much wider than the band which fits the head, and usually having a tassel in the center.

ing the arc of a circle at one extremity a, and terminated by a line ct, passing from the center through the other extremity o.

ter; as, the earth is a terraqueous globe. Cudworth. The grand terraqueous spectacle From center to circumference unveiled. Wordsworth.

e it with the finger and thumb, the effect being to bring the place of support nearer the center of the spear, and practically lengthen the arm in the act of throwing.

m. Tolu tree (Bot.), a large tree (Myroxylon toluiferum), the wood of which is red in the center, and has an aromatic rose odor. It affords the balsam called tolu.