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A notched board to which the treads and risers of the steps of wooden stairs are fastened.

An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers. [Prov. Eng.] Forby.

commonly made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom. Butcher's broom, a plant (Ruscus aculeatus) of the Smilax family, used by butchers for brooms to sweep their blocks; -- called also knee holly. See Cla…

A wooden frame or grid for roasting, smoking, or drying meat over fire.

A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging.

A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night. [U.S.]

ful South African antelope (Tragelaphus sylvaticus); -- so called because found mainly in wooden localities. The name is also applied to other species. -- Bush cat (Zoöl.), the serval. See Serval. -- Bush chat (Zoöl.), a bird of the genus Pratincola, of the Thrush family. -- Bush dog. (Zoöl.) See Potto. -- Bush ham…

The art or occupation of working upon wooden furniture requiring nice workmanship; also, such furniture.

A very broad and heavy wooden collar which certain offenders in China are compelled to wear as a punishment.

A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel. Knight.

A wooden lever with a movable iron hook. hear the end; -- used for canting or turning over heavy logs, etc. [U. S.] Bartlett.

A wooden case filled with balls, to be shot from a cannon.

The wooden mold in which cheese is pressed. Simmonds.

A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise.

A clay tobacco pipe, with a long tube. [Slang, Eng.] There was a small wooden table placed in front of the smoldering fire, with decanters, a jar of tobacco, and two long churchwardens. W. Black.

f. Chopine. In France the peasantry goes barefoot; and the middle sort . . . makes use of wooden clogs. Harvey. Clog almanac, a primitive kind of almanac or calendar, formerly used in England, made by cutting notches and figures on the four edges of a clog, or square piece of wood, brass, or bone; -- called also a Runi…

A metallic bushing or strengthening piece in the center of a wooden block sheve.

A small bronze mortar mounted on a wooden block with handles, and light enough to be carried short distances by two men.

A small wooden vessel; a pail. [Scot.] Jamieson.

A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc. Commander in chief, the military title of the officer who has supreme command of the land or naval forces or the united forces of a nation or state; a generalissimo. The President is commander in chief of the army and navy of the United States.…