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ng a wave motion in the air within; a mouth pipe; -- distinguished from reed pipe. Flue pipes are either open or closed (stopped at the distant end). The flute and flageolet are open pipes; a bottle acts as a closed pipe when one blows across the neck. The organ has both open and closed flue pipes, those of metal being…

eck, n., 1. -- Flush tank, a water tank which can be emptied rapidly for flushing drainpipes, etc.

mall, points, accents, and whatever else is necessary for printing with that variety of types; a fount.

wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See Manus, and Pes.

To become entagled, as ropes; to come into collision with something; as, the two boats fouled.

o casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types. Fonder's dust. Same as Facing, 4. -- Founder's sand, a kind of sand suitable for purposes of molding.

ions; as, a four-way cock, or valve. Francis. Four-way cock, a cock connected with four pipes or ports, and having two or more passages in the plug, by which the adjacent pipes or ports may be made to communicate; formerly used as a valve in the steam engine, and now for various other purposes. In the illustration, a l…

air; for they sow not. Matt. vi. 26. Like a flight of fowl Scattered by winds and high tempestuous gusts. Shak.

A carnivorous animal of the genus Vulpes, family Canidæ, of many species. The European fox (V. vulgaris or V. vulpes), the American red fox (V. fulvus), the American gray fox (V. Virginianus), and the arctic, white, or blue, fox (V. lagopus) are well-known species.

A coarse and sour taste in grapes.

; unpleasant in taste; -- said of wine, beer, etc., not properly fermented; -- also of grapes which have the coarse flavor of the fox grape.

Herpes; tetter. Dunglison.

ly aid; help; assistance, [Obs.] Some friendship will it [a hovel] lend you gainst the tempest. Shak.

causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance.

f certain plants, especially those grown on branches above ground, as apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3.

e from justice (Law), one who, having committed a crime in one jurisdiction, flees or escapes into another to avoid punishment.

th by moisture, heat, and pressure. Fulling mill, a mill for fulling cloth as by means of pesties or stampers, which alternately fall into and rise from troughs where the cloth is placed with hot water and fuller's earth, or other cleansing materials.

r collecting finely crushed ore from water. Knight. -- Funnel stay (Naut.), one of the ropes or rods steadying a steamer's funnel.

f. Addison. My good behavior had so far gained on the emperor, that I began to conceive hopes of liberty. Swift.

air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called tempests.