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ps; to strike or fall with a heavy blow; to pound. A watchman at midnight thumps with his pole. Swift.

most traders of the northwest. They built substantial houses of cedar adorned with totem poles, and were expert stone carvers and copper workers. Slavery, the potlatch, and the use of immense labrets were characteristic. Many now work in the salmon industry.

hery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece. Toe biter (Zoöl.), a tadpole; a polliwig. -- Toe drop (Med.), a morbid condition of the foot in which the toe is depressed and the heel elevated, as in talipes equinus. See Talipes.

A kind of open sedan used in Ceylon, carried by a single pole on men's shoulders.

The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.

A primitive vehicle, common among the North American Indians, usually two trailing poles serving as shafts and bearing a platform or net for a load.

spalier; a trellis. Spectator. I shall plant the roses against my treillage to-morrow. Walpole.

A kind of frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which soldiers were bound when undergoing corporal punishment, -- now disused.

. Chairs of wood, the seats triangular, the backs, arms, and legs loaded with turnery. Walpole.

s sufferings, nay the revolutions of his fate, had not in the least unhinged his mind. Walpole.

Having, or acting by means of, one pole only.

The quality or state of being unique; uniqueness. [R.] Walpole.

al by which the hour may be found in any part of the world, or under any elevation of the pole. -- Universal instrument (Astron.), a species of altitude and azimuth instrument, the peculiarity of which is, that the object end of the telescope is placed at right angles to the eye end, with a prism of total reflection a…

To retract or withdraw a notice of. Walpole.

A fir pole of from four to seven inches diameter, and twenty to forty feet long, sometimes roughly hewn, used for scaffoldings, and sometimes for slight and common roofs, for which use it is split. [Spelt also ufer.] [Eng.] Gwilt.

Bear, one of the most conspicuous of the northern constellations. It is situated near the pole, and contains the stars which form the Dipper, or Charles's Wain, two of which are the Pointers, or stars which point towards the North Star. -- Ursa Minor Etym: [L.], the Little Bear, the constellation nearest the north pol…

smell, and is much used in medicine as an antispasmodic. Greek valerian (Bot.), a plant (Polemonium cæruleum) with blue or white flowers, and leaves resembling those of the officinal valerian.

ch after this manner. Milton. We vapor and say, By this time Matthews has beaten them. Walpole.

A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like.

. Milton. Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the pole. Pope.