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A loud, deep, prolonged sound, as of a large beast, or of a person in distress, anger, mirth, etc., or of a noisy congregation.

The middle latitudes of the southern hemisphere. So called from the boisterous and prevailing westerly winds, which are especially strong in the South Indian Ocean up to 50º S.

In a roaring manner.

A bearing containing friction rollers.

Pieces of undressed timber put under the steps of a wooden stair for their support.

A kind of rural festival at the dedication of a church, when the parishioners brought rushes to strew the church. [Eng.] Nares.

a. & n. from Sacre. Sacring bell. See Sanctus bell, under Sanctus.

A scar; a mark. We find upon the limestone rocks the scarrings of the ancient glacier which brought the bowlder here. Tyndall.

or falling in various directions; not united or agregated; divided among many; as, scattering votes.

In a scattering manner; dispersedly.

The burning of a wad of pease straw at the end of harvest. [Prov. Eng.]

To cringe. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]

Bordering on the sea; situated beside the sea. Drayton.

Following the business of a mariner; as, a seafaring man.

Centering in one's self.

Considering in one's own mind; deliberating. Pope.

Devouring one's self or itself. Danham.

Registering itself; -- said of any instrument so contrived as to record its own indications of phenomena, whether continuously or at stated times, as at the maxima and minima of variations; as, a self-registering anemometer or barometer.

One of the incomplete rings of the upper part of the bronchial tubes of most birds. The semerings form an essential part of the syrinx, or musical organ, of singing birds.

The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.