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oops, or at the end of a line, to mark the pivots, formations, marches, and alignments in tactics. Farrow. Guide bar (Mach.), the part of a steam engine on which the crosshead slides, and by which the motion of the piston rod is kept parallel to the cylinder, being a substitute for the parallel motion; -- called also g…

The syntactical or structural form peculiar to any language; the genius or cast of a language. Idiom may be employed loosely and figuratively as a synonym of language or dialect, but in its proper sense it signifies the totality of the general rules of construction which characterize the syntax of a particular language…

A movement in tactics by which the order of companies in line is inverted, the right being on the left, the left on the right, and so on.

. (b) A picture produced by printing from such an engraving. -- Line of battle. (a) (Mil Tactics) The position of troops drawn up in their usual order without any determined maneuver. (b) (Naval) The line or arrangement formed by vessels of war in an engagement. -- Line of battle ship. See Ship of the line, below. -…

To perform a movement or movements in military or naval tactics; to make changes in position with reference to getting advantage in attack or defense.

A syntactical relation between words, as when one depends on another and is regulated by it in respect to case or mood; government.

A salt of saccholactactic acid; -- formerly called also saccholate. [Obs.] See Mucate.

jurors regularly summoned, being like, or such as, the latter. Blount. Blackstone. (b) syntactically sing.