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To bear; to behave. [Obs.] So did the faery knight himself abear. Spenser.

A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood, consisting am embrace, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat blade of a sword.

mplete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish. The armorers accomplishing the knights. Shak. It [the moon] is fully accomplished for all those ends to which Providence did appoint it. Wilkins. These qualities . . . go to accomplish a perfect woman. Cowden Clarke.

An apparatus for hastening acetification. Knight.

To aim; to direct. [Obs.] Chaucer. And this good knight his way with me addrest. Spenser.

To favor; to grace. [Obs.] "That knight so much aggraced." Spenser.

To dress; to attire; to adorn. [Obs.] Above all knights ye goodly seem aguised. Spenser.

A small square shield, formerly worn on the shoulders of knights, -- being the prototype of the modern epaulet. Fairholt.

A railway brake operated by condensed air. Knight.

A drill driven by the elastic pressure of condensed air; a pneumatic drill. Knight.

An engine driven by heated or by compressed air. Knight.

An instrument for determining the expansive properties, or quality, of gluten in flour. Knight.

An instrument for taking altitudes, as a quadrant, sextant, etc. Knight.

A theodolite. Knight.

An instrument for measuring distances; -- called also perambulator. Knight.

An instrument for measuring and recording the direction and force of the wind. Knight.

An anemograph. Knight.

a) (Carp.) An upright bar at the angle where two faces of a polygonal or bay window meet. Knight. (b) (Mach.) Same as Angle iron. -- Angle bead (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle of any architectural work, esp. for protecting an angle of a wall. -- Angle brace, Angle tie (Carp.), a brace across an interi…

An antimask. [Obs. or R.] Performed by knights and ladies of his court In nature of an antic. Ford.

An instrument for measuring the height of objects. Knight.