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To make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to net silk.

The act or process of making nets or network, or of forming meshes, as for fancywork, fishing nets, etc.

Like a net, or network; netted. [R.]

or less protoplasmic, and consists of a clear fluid (achromatin) through which extends a network of fibers (chromatin) in which may be suspended a second rounded body, the nucleolus (see Nucleoplasm). See Cell division, under Division.

Turned so as to resemble nulls. Nulled work (Cabinetwork), ornamental turned work resembling nulls or beads strung on a rod.

e those of the partridge. -- Partridge wood (a) A variegated wood, much esteemed for cabinetwork. It is obtained from tropical America, and one source of it is said to be the leguminous tree Andira inermis. Called also pheasant wood. (b) A name sometimes given to the dark-colored and striated wood of some kind of palm…

Like network; complicated. Quincy.

A network of vessels, nerves, or fibers.

A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment. [Obs.] "Many a folded plight." Spenser.

ood, having the ends brought together, forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network of catgut or cord is stretched. It is furnished with a handle, and is used for catching or striking a ball in tennis and similar games. Each one [of the Indians] has a bat curved like a crosier, and ending in a racket. Ban…

In lace, a ground or foundation of regular meshes, like network.

A net or network; a plexus; particularly, a network of blood vessels or nerves, or a part resembling a network.

Resembling network; retiform.

Having the form of a net, or of network; formed with interstices; retiform; as, reticular cartilage; a reticular leaf.

Resembling network; having the form or appearance of a net; netted; as, a reticulated structure.

The quality or state of being reticulated, or netlike; that which is reticulated; network; an organization resembling a net. The particular net you occupy in the great reticulation. Carlyle.

A little bag, originally of network; a woman's workbag, or a little bag to be carried in the hand. De Quincey.

Forming a network; characterized by a reticulated sructure. Reticulose rhizopod (Zoöl.), a rhizopod in which the pseudopodia blend together and form irregular meshes.

eddish orange color, handsomely veined with darker marks. It is occasionally used for cabinetwork. Ure.

n East Indian tree (Chloroxylon Swietnia). It takes a lustrous finish, and is used in cabinetwork. The name is also given to the wood of a species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum Caribæum) growing in Florida and the West Indies.