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istortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell.

crystal which is parallel both to the vertical axis and to the shorter lateral (brachydiagonal) axis.

ne; as, brimstone matches. From his brimstone bed at break of day A-walking the devil has gone. Coleridge.

A tool of steel, generally tapering, and of a polygonal form, with from four to eight cutting edges, for smoothing or enlarging holes in metal; sometimes made smooth or without edges, as for burnishing pivot holes in watches; a reamer. The broach for gun barrels is commonly square and without taper.…

ters or axletrees, and a seat or seats placed transversely upon it; -- called also buck wagon.

A plant (Fagopyrum esculentum) of the Polygonum family, the seed of which is used for food.

Salvelinus malma of California and Oregon; -- called also Dolly Varden trout and red-spotted trout.

of a bully toward. For the last fortnight there have been prodigious shoals of volunteers gone over to bully the French, upon hearing the peace was just signing. Tatler.

See Burgonet.

Passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession has gone by; a bird flew by.

Past; gone by. "By-past perils." Shak.

vanquished; probably referring to the battle in which the soldiers who sprang from the dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus slew each other.

dian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon's blood.

bonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble. Called also calc-spar and calcareous spar.

injure rather than benefit society. Goldsmith. The minister, on the other hand, had never gone through an experience calculated to lead him beyond the scope of generally received laws. Hawthorne.

Snapdragon.

A mineral occurring in hexagonal crystals, also massive, generally of a yellow color, containing silica, alumina, lime, soda, and carbon dioxide.

Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies, thieves. tramps, or beggars.

angles; as, a six canted bolt head; a canted window. Canted column (Arch.), a column polygonal in plan.

A large, covered wagon, or a train of such wagons, for conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition; an itinerant show, as of wild beasts.