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To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud. The rulgar, gulled into rebellion, armed. Dryden. I'm not gulling him for the emperor's service. Coleridge.

An act, or the practice, of gulling; trickery; fraud. [R.] "A mere gullery." Selden.

to prevent lateral swaying; a rod or rope attached to the top of a structure, as of a derrick, and extending obliquely to the ground, where it is fastened.

A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc.

ies of sea birds of the genus Puffinus; esp., P. major, the greater shearwarter, and P. Stricklandi, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater; -- called also hagdown, haglin, and hag. See Shearwater.

sent tears here, not our present laughter, Are but the handsels of our joys hereafter. Herrick.

Professional cant; the chatter of conjurers to divert attention from their tricks; hence, jugglery. [Colloq.]

A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience; a merry-andrew; originally, a droll rogue of Italian comedy. Percy Smith. As dumb harlequin is exhibited in our theaters. Johnson. Harlequin bat (Zoöl.), an Indian bat (Scotophilus ornatus), c…

To harass or annoy by playing abusive or shameful tricks upon; to humiliate by practical jokes; -- used esp. of college students; as, the sophomores hazed a freshman.

A brick or stone laid with its shorter face or head in the surface of the wall.

That end of a stone or brick which is presented outward. Knight. Heading course (Arch.), a course consisting only of headers. See Header, n. 3 (a). -- Heading joint. (a) (Carp.) A joint, as of two or more boards, etc., at right angles to the grain of the wood. (b) (Masonry) A joint between two roussoirs in the same co…

A part of the breastbone. [Obs.] He feeleth through the herte-spon the pricke. Chaucer.

The pavement or floor of brick, stone, or metal in a chimney, on which a fire is made; the floor of a fireplace; also, a corresponding part of a stove. There was a fire on the hearth burning before him. Jer. xxxvi. 22. Where fires thou find'st unraked and hearths unswept. There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry. Shak…

Shocked with pain, fear, or remorse; dismayed; heartstricken. Milton.

ied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly upon insects.

-- used to illustrate the pressure of the air. So called because invented by Otto von Guericke at Magdeburg.

amental tree of the West Indies (Zanthoxylum Clava-Herculis), of the same genus with the prickly ash.

A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke. Macaulay.

A juggler or trickster. Sir T. Herbert.

A kind of wooden tray with a handle, borne on the shoulder, for carrying mortar, brick, etc.