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Broken paper; the outside quires of a ream.

Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks. Channel bar, Channel iron (Arch.), an iron bar or beam having a section resembling a flat gutter or channel. -- Channel bill (Zoöl.), a very large Australian cucko (Scythro…

A narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other; -- used for weatherboarding the outside of houses. [U. S.]

A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat. Knight.

sides, and generally a front and back seat inside, each for two persons, and an elevated outside seat in front for the driver.

all elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on the inside, and keys and handles on the outside of each of the two hexagonal heads.

shed with a seat for the priest and with a window or aperture so that the penitent who is outside may whisper into the priest's ear without being seen by him or heard by others.

The space between the strands on the outside of a rope. Knight.

A four-wheeled close carriage for two persons inside, with an outside seat for the driver; -- so called because giving the appearance of a larger carriage cut off.

his is usually in monochrome. -- Dead door (Shipbuilding), a storm shutter fitted to the outside of the quarter-gallery door. -- Dead flat (Naut.), the widest or midship frame. -- Dead freight (Mar. Law), a sum of money paid by a person who charters a whole vessel but fails to make out a full cargo. The payment is m…

o locked by a detent that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key. Knight.

rom their own communion, as among the Moravians to those living, usually as missionaries, outside of the parent congregation.

n form, and of easy transition in coloring. Dry area (Arch.), a small open space reserved outside the foundation of a building to guard it from damp. -- Dry blow. (a) (Med.) A blow which inflicts no wound, and causes no effusion of blood. (b) A quick, sharp blow. -- Dry bone (Min.), Smithsonite, or carbonate of zinc;…

hment; a lug; a handle; as, the ears of a tub, a skillet, or dish. The ears of a boat are outside kneepieces near the bow. See Illust. of Bell.

A combining form signifying without, outside, external.

Toward the outside or surface; -- opposed to entad. B. G. Wilder.

The outside covering of the Bryozoa.

An order of Bryozoa in which the anus lies outside the circle of tentacles.

and fine flavor, made in balls weighing three or four pounds, and usually colored crimson outside; -- so called from the village of Edam, near Amsterdam. Also, cheese of the same type, wherever made.

To put upon the back or outside of anything; -- the older spelling of endorse. [Obs.] Spenser.