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A Chinese toy made by cutting a square of thin wood, or other suitable material, into seven pieces, as shown in the cut, these pieces being capable of combination in various ways, so as to form a great number of different figures. It is now often used in primary schools as a means of instruction.

Fit to be rented; in a condition suitable for a tenant. -- Ten"ant*a*ble*ness, n.

monds. -- Timber sow. (Zoöl.) Same as Timber worm, below. Bacon. -- Timber tree, a tree suitable for timber. -- Timber worm (Zoöl.), any larval insect which burrows in timber. -- Timber yard, a yard or place where timber is deposited.

Hard steel, usually crucible steel, capable of being tempered so as to be suitable for tools.

Work or devices suitable to be concealed; a secret stratagem. [Obs.]

A fluid containing the products formed by the growth of the tubercle bacillus in a suitable culture medium.

Not agreeing or consistent; unsuitable. Shak. -- Un`a*gree"a*ble*ness, n. -- Un`a*gree"a*bly, adv.

Inappropriate; unsuitable.

Unsuitable; unfit; inappropriate. Macaulay.

Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper. My grief lets unbecoming speeches fall. Dryden. -- Un`be*com"ing*ly, adv. -- Un`be*com"ing*ness, n.

To be unbecoming or unsuitable to; to misbecome.

To charge below or under; to charge less than is usual or suitable fro; as, to undercharge goods or services.

To do less work than is proper or suitable.

Unsuitable to a son or a daughter; undutiful; not becoming a child. -- Un*fil"ial*ly, adv.

To make unsuitable or incompetent; to deprive of the strength, skill, or proper qualities for anything; to disable; to incapacitate; to disqualify; as, sickness unfits a man for labor; sin unfits us for the society of holy beings.

Unsuitable; unprofitable. [Obs.] Hammond.

ducation of churchmen . . . What was taught in the greater part of those universities was suitable to the end of their institutions, either theology or something that was merely preparatory to theology. A. Smith.

Not meet or fit; not proper; unbecoming; unsuitable; -- usually followed by for. "Unmeet for a wife." Tennyson. And all unmeet our carpet floors. Emerson. -- Un*meet"ly, adv. -- Un*meet"ness, n.

Bidding farewell; suitable or designed for an occasion of leave-taking; as, a valedictory oration.

iment." Chaucer. "Priests in holy vestments." Shak. The sculptor could not give vestments suitable to the quality of the persons represented. Dryden.