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Any bivalve mollusk (Saxicava, Lithodomus, etc.) which bores into limestone and similar substances.

The pledge or surety thus given. Blackstone. Tomlins.

son, instead of the eldest; or, if the owner have no issue, to the youngest brother. Blackstone.

A depression round the eye of a millstone. Knight.

A stone in a building, left rough and projecting, to be afterward carved into shape. Gwilt.

The part of a sling that contains the stone. [Obs.]

Something big; a good stout example of the kind. The stone must be a bouncer. De Quincey.

A rustic cottage or abode; poetically, an attractive abode or retreat. Shenstone. B. Johnson.

A large stone, worn smooth or rounded by the action of water; a large pebble.

The act of fighting with the fist; a combat with the fist; sparring. Blackstone. Boxing glove, a large padded mitten or glove used in sparring for exercise or amusement.

n box or case, the bony on cartilaginous case inclosing the brain. -- Brain coral, Brain stone coral (Zoöl), a massive reef-building coral having the surface covered by ridges separated by furrows so as to resemble somewhat the surface of the brain, esp. such corals of the genera Mæandrina and Diploria. -- Brain fag…

er thee from tempest and from rain. Shak. He stayed not for brake, and he stopped not for stone. Sir W. Scott. Cane brake, a thicket of canes. See Canebrake.

To make a loud confused noise, as the water of a rapid stream running over stones. Where the brook brawls along the painful road. Wordsworth.

t was a double piece of richly embroidered stuff, a span square, set with twelve precious stones, on which were engraved the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. See Ephod.

To inject by breathing; to infuse; -- with into. Able to breathe life into a stone. Shak. And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. Gen. ii. 7.

Motionless; destitute of breezes. A stagnant, breezeless air becalms my soul. Shenstone.

A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passageway from one bank to the other.

The adjustable socket, or step, of a millstone spindle. Knight.

Containing or resembling brimstone; sulphurous. B. Jonson.

A block of artificial stone in the form of a brick, used for paving; also, a molded sample of solidified cement or mortar for use as a test piece for showing the strength of the material.