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obwebs, floating in the air, in calm, clear weather, especially in autumn. It is seen in stubble fields and on furze or low bushes, and is formed by small spiders.

A sharp-edged, tubular, marine shell, of the genus Vermetus; also, the pinna. See Vermetus.

A graduated cup, tube, or flask; a measuring glass used by apothecaries and chemists. See under Graduated.

tail when the outer feathers are shortest, and the others successively longer. Graduated tube, bottle, cap, or glass, a vessel, usually of glass, having horizontal marks upon its sides, with figures, to indicate the amount of the contents at the several levels. -- Graduated spring (Railroads), a combination of metall…

Having tubercles or grainlike processes, as the petals or sepals of some flowers.

An endogenous plant having simple leaves, a stem generally jointed and tubular, the husks or glumes in pairs, and the seed single.

A leguminous, twining plant (Apios tuberosa), producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste.

uaiacum from wood-tar creosote, and in other ways. It has been used in treating pulmonary tuberculosis.

The tube by which food and drink are carried from the pharynx to the stomach; the esophagus.

arm or instrument for throwing projectiles by the explosion of gunpowder, consisting of a tube or barrel closed at one end, in which the projectile is placed, with an explosive charge behind, which is ignited by various means. Muskets, rifles, carbines, and fowling pieces are smaller guns, for hand use, and are called…

lunule. The caterpillars, when full- grown, have a grayish mottled appearance, with blue tubercles on the anterior and red tubercles on the posterior part of the body, all giving rise to long yellow and black hairs. They usually pupate in July and the moth appears in August. The eggs are laid on tree trunks, rocks, et…

One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in invertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin. Then read he me how Sampson lost his hairs. Chaucer. And draweth new delights with hoary hairs. Spenser.

e, was produced by the vibration of thin metallic plates, acted upon by blowing through a tube.

A tub lashed to a vessel's deck and containing salted provisions for daily use; -- called also harness tub. W. C. Russell.

a) An East Indian fruit bat of the genus Harpyia (esp. H. cerphalotes), having prominent, tubular nostrils. (b) A small, insectivorous Indian bat (Harpiocephalus harpia). Harpy fly (Zoöl.), the house fly.

The gathering and bringing home of the harvest; the time of harvest. Showed like a stubble land at harvest-home. Shak.

Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn. Not let headstrong boy my will control. Dryden.

ouse (above). -- Heath pea (bot.), a species of bitter vetch (Lathyris macrorhizus), the tubers of which are eaten, and in Scotland are used to flavor whisky. -- Heath throstle (Zoöl.), a European thrush which frequents heaths; the ring ouzel.

Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.

Rays (chiefly cathode rays) developed by the electric discharge in Hittorf tubes.