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A chime of bells diatonically tuned, played by clockwork or by finger keys.

An ideal heat-engine cycle in which the working fluid goes through the following four successive operations: (1) Isothermal expansion to a desired point; (2) adiabatic expansion to a desired point; (3) isothermal compression to such a point that (4) adiabatic compression brings it back to its initial state.…

An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of houses, ships, etc.

The occupation or work of a carpenter; the act of workingin timber; carpentry.

ieces of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.

lime water, used as an application to burns and scalds; -- first used at the Carron iron works in Scotland.

A piece of decorative work cut in stone, wood, or other material. "Carving in wood." Sir W. Temple.

A small fissure which admits water to the workings. Knight.

An inclosing frame; esp. the framework around a door or a window. See Case, n., 4.

That which is formed in a mild; esp. a reproduction or copy, as of a work of art, in bronze or plaster, etc.; a casting.

A revolving piece of fireworks resembling in form the window of the same name. [Written also Catharine wheel.]

A covering of network for the head, worn by women; also, a net. Spenser.

A work of more that ordinary heigh, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.

ing or finishing of any wall or other surface, with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when done.

The substance which constitutes the essential part of the solid framework of plants, of ordinary wood, linen, paper, etc. It is also found to a slight extent in certain animals, as the tunicates. It is a carbohydrate, (C6H10O5)n, isomeric with starch, and is convertible into starches and sugars by the action of heat an…

structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position util the work becomes self-supporting.

A work divided into a hundred parts. [R.] Burton.

Work formed of clay in whole or in part, and baked; as, vases, urns, etc. Knight.

Tea; -- the Chinese (Mandarin) name, used generally in early works of travel, and now for a kind of rolled tea used in Central Asia.

itch in which the looping of the thread or threads forms a chain on the under side of the work; the loop stitch, as distinguished from the lock stitch. See Stitch.