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A soft fabric with a kind of basket weave and a diapered pattern.

A round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon lone is run out when the whale darts off.

A long, straightnecked, glass vessel for chemical distillations; -- called also a matrass or receiver.

A projecting piece of timber or iron near the bow of vessel, to which the anchor is hoisted and secured.

Divinely inspired; wrought up to enthusiasm. [Obs.]

Inspiration; enthusiasm. [R.] "Religious entheasm." Byron.

Of godlike energy; inspired. -- En`the*as"tic*al*ly, adv.

Divinely inspired. [Obs.] Drummond.

Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected. Fear not, neither be faint-hearted. Is. vii. 4. -- Faint"*heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Faint"*heart`ed*ness, n.

A cyprinoid fish of the Mississippi valley (Pimephales promelas); -- called also black-headed minnow.

Characterized by flatness of head, especially that produced by artificial means, as a certain tribe of American Indians.

A marine fish. The name is applied to two species:

See Growthead.

A lazy person; a blockhead. [Obs.] Tusser.

A dunce; a blockhead. Sir T. North.

A bollard timber. See under Bollard.

Of or pertaining to Lethe; resembling in effect the water of Lethe. Milton. Barrow.

To cause to go to the masthead as a punishment. Marryat.

The point between the north and east, at an equal distance from each; the northeast part or region.

A storm, strong wind, or gale, coming from the northeast.