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discharging portions of the color by chemical means, while the rest of the cloth is under pressure. Ure.

The pressure of one dyne per square centimeter; -- used as a unit of pressure.

An instrument for determining the delicacy of the sense of pressure. -- Bar`æs*the`si*o*met"ric, Bar`es*the`si*o*met"ric (#), a.

Contrary to the pure idioms of a language. A barbarous expression G. Campbell.

Of or pertaining to weight, esp. to the weight or pressure of the atmosphere as measured by the barometer.

tracing, usually made by the barograph, showing graphically the variations of atmospheric pressure for a given time.

An instrument for recording automatically the variations of atmospheric pressure.

An instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere, and hence for judging of the probable changes of weather, or for ascertaining the height of any ascent.

constructed as to inscribe of itself upon paper a record of the variations of atmospheric pressure.

An instrument for recording both pressure and temperature, as of the atmosphere.

lic notice; indicating extreme or excessive modesty; shy; as, a bashful person, action, expression.

A circular or oval valley, or depression of the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river.

To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.

] A dark slender thread of a bayou moves loiteringly northeastward into a swamp of huge cypresses. G. W. Cable.

A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim).

To press; -- with on or upon, or against. These men bear hard on the suspected party. Addison.

A strip of reglet or other furniture to bear off the impression from a blank page; also, a type or type-high piece of metal interspersed in blank parts to support the plate when it is shaved.

The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid.

ton. Hence: To beg (one) for a fool, to take him for a fool. I beg to, is an elliptical expression for I beg leave to; as, I beg to inform you. -- To bag the question, to assume that which was to be proved in a discussion, instead of adducing the proof or sustaining the point by argument. -- To go a-begging, a figura…

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