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or characteristic of, the process of development; as, the developmental power of a germ. Carpenter.

Including two passovers. Carpenter.

dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, the duplication of cartilage cells. Carpenter. Duplication of the cube (Math.), the operation of finding a cube having a volume which is double that of a given cube.

Having the quality of subdividing into two by natural growth. "Duplicative subdivision." Carpenter.

t belongs to or is the product of experience or observation. Sir W. Hamilton. The village carpenter . . . lays out his work by empirical rules learnt in his apprenticeship. H. Spencer.

Pertaining to endosmose; of the nature endosmose; osmotic. Carpenter.

The state of being reduced to fibers. Carpenter.

Producing threads. Carpenter.

ize; to shape aright; to adapt to a model; to adjust; -- said especially of the work of a carpenter, machinist, tailor, etc. The carpenter . . . marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes. Is. xliv. 13.

the flap in the fore part of a sidesaddle, to guard the rider's dress. -- Fore plane, a carpenter's plane, in size and use between a jack plane and a smoothing plane. Knight. -- Fore reading, previous perusal. [Obs.] Hales. -- Fore rent, in Scotland, rent payable before a crop is gathered. -- Fore sheets (Naut.),…

ed; and the act of development, by which that germ is evolved into the complete organism. Carpenter.

ce copper, c -- Glance wood, a hard wood grown in Cuba, and used for gauging instruments, carpenters' rules, etc. McElrath.

ng it with ornaments, regularly spaced, like a diminutive battlement. -- Gutter plane, a carpenter's plane with a rounded bottom for planing out gutters. -- Gutter snipe, a neglected boy running at large; a street Arab. [Slang] -- Gutter stick (Printing), one of the pieces of furniture which separate pages in a form.…

assy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent, like crystal. "Hyaline spaces." Carpenter.

in speech, or in writing, while the mind is occupied in the composition of the sentence. Carpenter.

support the transoms. -- Inner square (Carp.), the angle formed by the inner edges of a carpenter's square.

nsmitting impressions between different parts of the body; -- said of the nervous system. Carpenter.

The Australian Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, used largely by carpenters and shipbuilders; -- called also ironwood.

Doing chance work or add jobs; as, a jobbing carpenter.

ria), often used as a salad; corn salad. [Written also lamb lettuce.] -- Lamb's tongue, a carpenter's plane with a deep narrow bit, for making curved grooves. Knight. -- Lamb's wool. (a) The wool of a lamb. (b) Ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples; -- probably from the resemblance of the pulp of roasted apples to…