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A kind of buttress of masonry to strengthen a revetment wall.

To march back, or to march in reversed order. The two armies marched and countermarched, drew near and receded. Macaulay.

To take a counter proof of, or a copy in reverse, by taking an impression directly from the face of an original. See Counter proof, under Counter.

An act of civility, respect, or reverence, made by women, consisting of a slight depression or dropping of the body, with bending of the kness. [Written also curtsy.] The lady drops a courtesy in token of obedience, and the ceremony proceeds as usual. Golgsmith.

Coved vault, a vault composed of four coves meeting in a central point, and therefore the reverse of a groined vault.

The promises of God as revealed in the Scriptures, conditioned on certain terms on the part of man, as obedience, repentance, faith, etc. I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. Gen. xvi…

ver the grade. Knight. To cradle a picture, to put ribs across the back of a picture, to prevent the panels from warping.

of Greece, who are at the same time its prophets, the creators of its divinities, and the revealers of its theological beliefs. Caird.

hort pieces of iron instead of rings; also, a fixture with iron points worn on a shoe to prevent one from slipping.

To saturate or impregnate with creosote, as timber, for the prevention of decay.

A framework of timbers and plank backing for a shaft lining, to prevent caving, percolation of water, etc.

hall fall with that side up which bears the cross, or the other, which is called pile, or reverse; the game called heads or tails. -- Cross bottony or bottoné. See under Bottony. -- Cross estoilé (Her.). a cross, each of whose arms is pointed like the ray of a star; that is, a star having four long points only. -- C…

A time note, with a stem, having one fourth the value of a semibreve, one half that of a minim, and twice that of a quaver; a quarter note.

t discourteously or unreasonably. [Colloq.] To crowd out, to press out; specifically, to prevent the publication of; as, the press of other matter crowded out the article. -- To crowd sail (Naut.), to carry an extraordinary amount of sail, with a view to accelerate the speed of a vessel; to carry a press of sail.…

A fortune teller; one who pretends to reveal mysteries. [Obs.] Hudibras.

Repeated potations; social or exessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks; revelry. Thence from cups to civil broils. Milton.

A frame or wall round the mouth of a well; also, a frame within a well to prevent the earth caving in.

State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment. What pease will be given To us enslaved, but custody severe, And stripes and arbitrary punishment Milton.

A small armed vessel, usually a steamer, in the revenue marine service; -- also called revenue cutter.

Cyme. Cyma recta, or Cyma, a cyma, hollow in its upper part and swelling below. -- Cyma reversa, or Ogee, a cyma swelling out on the upper part and hollow below.