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Having a figure resembling that of a bow; somewhat curved or arched.

The ancient custom of betrothing by the bestowal, on the part of the man, of marriage gifts or tokens, as money, rings, or other presents, upon the woman.

Situated under the arytenoid cartilage of the larynx.

Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the lumbar region of the vertebral column.

A bar attached to the hounds, in the rear of the front axle, so as to slide on the reach as the axle is swung in turning the vehicle.

A swingletree. De Quincey.

A person devoted to luxury and pleasure; a voluptuary.

Of or pertaining to the Sybarites; resembling the Sybarites; luxurious; wanton; effeminate. "Sybaritic dinners." Bp. Warburton. "Sybaritical cloistres." Bp. Hall.

Luxuriousness; effeminacy; wantonness; voluptuousness.

A syllabary.

A table of syllables; more especially, a table of the indivisible syllabic symbols used in certain languages, as the Japanese and Cherokee, instead of letters. S. W. Williams.

A sort of tunic or mantle formerly worn for protection from the weather. When worn over the armor it was commonly emblazoned with the arms of the wearer, and from this the name was given to the garment adopted for heralds. [Spelt also taberd.]

One who wears a tabard.

A stout silk having satin stripes, -- used for furniture.

An instrument for indicating the level of water in a distant tank or reservior.

ecording simultaneously the pressure and temperature of a gas; a combined thermograph and barograph.

An instrument for determining altitudes by the boiling point of water.

Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes. "A threadbare cope." Chaucer.

The state of being threadbare.

A flat bar used as a tie.