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To bend out of a true vertical plane, as a wall.

Characteristic of, or like, a buffoon. "Buffoon stories." Macaulay. To divert the audience with buffoon postures and antic dances. Melmoth.

An advocate for a metallic currency, or a paper currency always convertible into gold.

Any brief, violent evertion or effort; a spurt; as, a burst of speed.

On the contrary; on the other hand; only; yet; still; however; nevertheless; more; further; -- as connective of sentences or clauses of a sentence, in a sense more or less exceptive or adversative; as, the House of Representatives passed the bill, but the Senate dissented; our wants are many, but quite of another kind.…

A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course.

The outlet from a dam or reservoir; also, a cut to divert the flow of water.

nd of oven, or reverberatory furnace, used for the calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into frit. Ure.

e) names, to apply contemptuous names (to any one). -- To call off, to summon away; to divert; as, to call off the attention; to call off workmen from their employment. -- To call out. (a) To summon to fight; to challenge. (b) To summon into service; as, to call out the militia. -- To call over, to recite separate p…

of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistence, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece.

To convert to Calvinism.

f gigantic American Jurassic dinosaurs, having large cavities in the bodies of the dorsal vertebræ.

adjacent parts of the plate successively to the light, which reaches it through a narrow vertical slit; -- used in photographing broad landscapes. Abney.

Converted wholly or partially into sugar or candy; as candied sirup.

A woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter. Regular canoness, one bound by the poverty, and observing a strict rule of life. -- Secular canoness, one allowed to hold private property, and bound only by vows of chastity and obedience so long as she chose to remain in the chapter.

An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl. Totten.

To convert into capital, or to use as capital.

To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body. But what if carrying sail capsize the boat Byron.

A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by st…

An indicator card. See under Indicator. Business card, a card on which is printed an advertisement or business address. -- Card basket (a) A basket to hold visiting cards left by callers.