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. iv. 20. Bustamente furnace, a shaft furnace for roasting quicksilver ores. -- Furnace bridge, Same as Bridge wall. See Bridge, n., 5. -- Furnace cadmiam or cadmia, the oxide of zinc which accumulates in the chimneys of furnaces smelting zinciferous ores. Raymond. -- Furnace hoist (Iron Manuf.), a lift for raising…

futurity. [R.] Nothing . . . can have this imagined futurition, but as it is decreed. Coleridge.

riangular portion of the end of a building, from the level of the cornice or eaves to the ridge of the roof. Also, a similar end when not triangular in shape, as of a gambrel roof and the like. Hence:

quantity of game taken. -- Game bird, any bird commonly shot for food, esp. grouse, partridges, quails, pheasants, wild turkeys, and the shore or wading birds, such as plovers, snipe, woodcock, curlew, and sandpipers. The term is sometimes arbitrarily restricted to birds hunted by sportsmen, with dogs and guns. -- G…

ang board, or Gang plank. (Naut.) (a) A board or plank, with cleats for steps, forming a bridge by which to enter or leave a vessel. (b) A plank within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist, for the sentinel to walk on. -- Gang cask, a small cask in which to bring water aboard ships or in which it is kept on dec…

tatement, or brought under a general rule. Extreme cases are . . . not generalizable. Coleridge

ple) from particulars. A mere conclusion generalized from a great multitude of facts. Coleridge.

enius. Genius of the highest kind implies an unusual intensity of the modifyng power. Coleridge.

touch; a gentle gallop. "Gentle music." Sir J. Davies. O sleep! it is a gentle thing. Coleridge. The gentle craft, the art or trade of shoemaking.

To get rid of fools and scoundrels. Pope. His chariot wheels get hot by driving fast. Coleridge.

ppearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal. Each turned his face with a ghastly pang. Coleridge. His face was so ghastly that it could scarcely be recognized. Macaulay.

great Harrys rose. Shak. I thought that I had died in sleep, And was a blessed ghost. Coleridge.

d to what is solid and genuine. Gilding metal, a tough kind of sheet brass from which cartridge shells are made.

he Crenilabrus melops, of the British coasts; -- called also golden maid, conner, sea partridge.

der Double. Bowstring girder, Box girder, etc. See under Bowstring, Box, etc. -- Girder bridge. See under Bridge. -- Lattice girder, a girder consisting of longitudinal bars united by diagonal crossing bars. -- Half-lattice girder, a girder consisting of horizontal upper and lower bars connected by a series of diago…

A weight which is dropped into a bore, as of an oil well, to explode a cartridge previously lowered.

pointed instrument, as a spear; to stab. The low stumps shall gore His daintly feet. Coleridge.

ough splendid or various colors; showy; fine; magnificent. Cloud-land, gorgeous land. Coleridge. Gogeous as the sun at midsummer. Shak. -- Gor"geous*ly, adv. -- Gor"geous*ness, n.

olors of less value, then give' them the last tincture of crimson in grain. Quoted by Coleridge, preface to Aids to Reflection.

Without a grasp; relaxed. From my graspless hand Drop friendship's precious pearls. Coleridge.