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An incursion upon the borders of a country; a raid. [Obs.] Spenser.

Boastingly.

The system of bracing used between floor or other timbers to distribute the weight. Bridging joist. Same as Binding joist.

Anything which clogs. Dr. H. More.

Tending to one point; approaching each other; convergent; as, converging lines. Whewell. Converging rays(Opt.), rays of light, which, proceeding from different points of an object, tend toward a single point. -- Converging series (Math.), a series in which if an indefinitely great number of terms be taken, their sum w…

In a cringing manner.

The act or the place of excavating.

Causing or indicating discouragement. -- Dis*cour"a*ging*ly, adv.

Loosing; setting free; detaching. Disengaging machinery. See under Engaging.

Not obliging; not disposed to do a favor; unaccommodating; as, a disobliging person or act.

In a manner to disparage or dishonor; slightingly.

Tending in different directions from a common center; spreading apart; divergent. Diverging series (Math.), a series whose terms are larger as the series is extended; a series the sum of whose terms does not approach a finite limit when the series is extended indefinitely; -- opposed to a converging series.…

In a diverging manner.

See Dredging box.

In a drudging manner; laboriously.

The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal. Edging machine, a machine tool with a revolving cutter, for dressing edges, as of boards, or metal plates, to a pattern or templet.

Gradually; gingerly. [R.]

Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring. -- En*cour"a*ging*ly, adv.

Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as, engaging manners or address. -- En*ga"ging*ly, adv. -- En*ga"ging*ness, n. Engaging and disengaging gear or machinery, that in which, or by means of which, one part is alternately brought into gear or out of gear with another part, as occasion may require.…

Laborious drudgery; esp., the acting as a drudge for another at an English school.