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A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged. Wilhelm.

The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage. And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais. Acts xxi. 7.

aid of game. -- Under cover, in an envelope, or within a letter; -- said of a written message. Letters . . . dispatched under cover to her ladyship. Thackeray.

Having a sour, disagreeable countenance. Beau & Fl.

Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage. So many turning cranks these have, so many crooks. Spenser.

ance of cream; hence, to grow stiff or formal; to mantle. There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pool. Shak.

ad they not shown undoubted credentials from the Divine Person who sent them on such a message. Addison.

Any turn or winding. The passages of alleys, creeks, and narrow lands. Shak.

A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed.

such an affection when associated with the development of a false membrane in the air passages (also called membranous croup). See False croup, under False, and Diphtheria.

A passage with only one outlet, as a street closed at one end; a blind alley; hence, a trap.

The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.

Established or accepted religious rites or usages of worship; state of religious development. Cf.Cult, 2.

ess. [Obs.] [Written also comber.] A place of much distraction and cumber. Sir H. Wotton. Sage counsel in cumber. Sir W. Scott.

ition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living. And teach customs which are not lawful. Acts xvi. 21. Moved beyong his custom, Gama said. Tennyson. A custom More honored in the breach than the observance. Shak.

Agreeing with, or established by, custom; established by common usage; conventional; habitual. Even now I met him With customary compliment. Shak. A formal customary attendance upon the offices. South.

as, to cut an army to pieces. -- To cut a play (Drama), to shorten it by leaving out passages, to adapt it for the stage. -- To cut rates (Railroads, etc.), to reduce the charges for transportation below the rates established between competing lines. -- To cut short, to arrest or check abruptly; to bring to a sudde…

That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or road.

Any plant of the natural order Cycadeceæ, as the sago palm, etc.

ning to, or resembling, an order of plants like the palms, but having exogenous wood. The sago palm is an example.