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ily, 1774 -- 1844) is thought to be an effect of irradiation, and of inequalities of the moon's edge.

A fast-sailing schooner, used in the Bermudas and West Indies.

Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness.

three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast squarerigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.

A threemasted vessel, having the foremast square-rigged, and the others schooner-rigged. [Spelled also barquentine, barkantine, etc.] See Illust. in Append.

A fence or railing to mark the limits of a place, or to keep back a crowd. No sooner were the barriers opened, than he paced into the lists. Sir W. Scott.

A red wood of a leguminous tree (Baphia nitida), from Angola and the Gaboon in Africa. It is used as a dyewood, and also for ramrods, violin bows and turner's work.

A modification of the bassoon, much deeper in tone.

A baboon.

In a balloon, the braced wooden ring attached to the suspension ropes at the bottom, functionally analogous to the keel of a ship.

A qualitative test for cottonseed oil, based on the fact this oil imparts a maroon color to an alcoholic solution of silver nitrate.

Earlier; sooner than; until then. When the butt is out, we will drink water; not a drop before. Shak.

To howl at. [Obs.] The wolf behowls the moon. Shak.

Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee. Shak.

To mock; to ridicule. Bemock the modest moon. Shak.

A prayer; boon. [Archaic] What is good for a bootless bene Wordsworth.

In a short time; soon; speedily; forth with. He tires betimes that spurs too fast betimes. Shak.

A bewildering tangle or confusion. He . . . soon lost all traces of it amid bewilderment of tree trunks and underbrush. Hawthorne.

A small horse formerly allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage. B. Jonson.

A round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon lone is run out when the whale darts off.