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The appearance or figure of a tree or plant, as in minerals or fossils; a dendrite.

Having a treelike appearance. "An arborized or moss agate." Wright.

Formed by trees. [Obs.] From under shady, arborous roof. Milton.

A beautiful crystalline compound, SiC, consisting of carbon and silicon in combination; carbon silicide. It is made by heating carbon and sand together in an electric furnace. The commercial article is dark-colored and iridescent. It is harder than emery, and is used as an abrasive.

Cloth or paper covered with powdered carborundum.

A four-wheeled carriage, with curtained sides.

To find harbor or safety in; to dwell in or inhabit. W. Browne.

y and comfort; a refuge; a shelter. [A grove] fair harbour that them seems. Spenser. For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked. Dryden.

An officer charged with the duty of executing the regulations respecting the use of a harbor.

Shelter; entertainment.[R.] Where can I get me harborage for the night Tennyson.

One who, or that which, harbors. Geneva was . . . a harborer of exiles for religion. Strype.

Without a harbor; shelterless.

A shelter. [Obs]. Spenser.

Hospitable. [Obs.]

The interweaving of branches of trees. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

To drive from harbor or shelter.

Having no harbor or shelter; unprotected.

r. -- Ball gudgeon, a pivot of a spherical form, which permits lateral deflection of the arbor or shaft, while retaining the pivot in its socket. Knight. -- Ball lever, the lever used in a ball cock. -- Ball of the eye, the eye itself, as distinguished from its lids and socket; -- formerly, the pupil of the eye. --…

A toll paid for the privilege of taking up ballast in a port or harbor.

A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation.