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A trammel, or hook to support a pot over a fire. Knight.

heir owner, to lie down and rise up to feed, -- such time being held to include a day and night at the least. Blackstone.

deliberation; consultation. Satan . . . void of rest, His potentates to council called by night. Milton. O great in action and in council wise. Pope. Aulic council. See under Aulic. -- Cabinet council. See under Cabinet. -- City council, the legislative branch of a city government, usually consisting of a board of al…

press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations. Knight.

mber to another, as the breadth of a mortise to the place where the tenon is to be made. Knight.

priketh hem nature in here corages. Chaucer. My lord, cheer up your spirits; our foes are nigh, and this soft courage makes your followers faint. Shak.

ence of events according to natural laws. By course of nature and of law. Davies. Day and night, Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, Shall hold their course. Milton.

Anything which weils or conceals; a screen; disguise; a cloack. "Under cover of the night." Macualay. A hendsome cover for imperfections. Collier.

A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock. Knight.

A crab apple; -- so named from its harsh taste. When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl. Shak.

A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc. Knight.

The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster. Knight.

The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed. Knight.

painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg. The cramp, divers nights, gripeth him in his legs. Sir T. More. Cramp bone, the patella of a sheep; -- formerly used as a charm for the cramp. Halliwell. "He could turn cramp bones into chess men." Dickens. -- Cramp ring, a ring formerly supposed…

or story; the cream of a collection of books or pictures. Welcome, O flower and cream of knights errant. Shelton. Bavarian cream, a preparation of gelatin, cream, sugar, and eggs, whipped; -- to be eaten cold. -- Cold cream, an ointment made of white wax, almond oil, rose water, and borax, and used as a salve for the…

A tool for making the band impression distinct on the back. Knight.

Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in 1268; the second by René of Anjou, in 1448; and the third by the Sultan Selim III., in 1801, to be conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services. Brande & C.

ron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible. Knight.

is lofty crest. Sir W. Scott. And on his head there stood upright A crest, in token of a knight. Gower.

The ring which turns inward and condenses the flame of a lamp. Knight.