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A form of tackle for loading a log sideways on a sled, skidway, etc.

To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly. All, all, cry shame against ye, yet I 'll speak. Shak. The man . . . ran on,crying, Life! life! Eternal life! Bunyan.

A lever mounted on a tripod for lifting stones, leveling up railroad ties, etc. Knight.

A transverse drain or waterway of masonry under a road, railroad, canal, etc.; a small bridge.

To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruct or occupy uselessly; to embarrass; to trouble. Why asks he what avails him not in fight, And would but cumber and retard his flight Dryden. Martha was cumbered about muc…

To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right.

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 sudden termination. "Achilles cut him short, and thus replied.…

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

y dak, to travel by relays of palanquines or other carriage, as fast as the post along a road.

; to hurt; to injure; to impair. He . . . came up to the English admiral and gave him a broadside, with which he killed many of his men and damaged the ship. Clarendon.

obscure; shaded; cheerless. [Poetic] He brought him through a darksome narrow pass To a broad gate, all built of beaten gold. Spenser.

Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight.

To walk abroad. [Obs.] Cockeram.

A walking abroad; a promenading. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

In the modern Olympic Games, a composite contest consisting of a 100-meter run, a broad jump, putting the shot, a running high-jump, a 400-meter run, throwing the discus, a 100-meter hurdle race, pole vaulting, throwing the javelin, and a 1500-meter run.

ets Ready in the deck. Massinger. Between decks. See under Between. -- Deck bridge (Railroad Engineering), a bridge which carries the track upon the upper chords; -- distinguished from a through bridge, which carries the track upon the lower chords, between the girders. -- Deck curb (Arch.), a curb supporting a deck…

Muddy; boggy; sandy; -- said of roads. Chaucer. The ways in that vale were very deep. Clarendon. A deep line of operations (Military), a long line. -- Deep mourning (Costume), mourning complete and strongly marked, the garments being not only all black, but also composed of lusterless materials and of such fashion as…

The bending which a beam or girder undergoes from its own weight or by reason of a load.

To carry abroad; to spread; to make public. When the crime is delated or notorious. Jer. Taylor.