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rmed or feruled end of a staff; in a sheephook, the end of the staff to which the hook is attached. Sir P. Sidney.

A ratchet movement in a loom. Mousing hook, a hook with an attachment which prevents its unhooking.

Property not attached to the soil.

rous insects belonging to Pepæus, and allied genera, which construct groups of mud cells, attached, side by side, to stones or to the woodwork of buildings, etc. The female places an egg in each cell, together with spiders or other insects, paralyzed by a sting, to serve as food for the larva. Called also mud dauber.…

ural precipice. Mural circle (Astron.), a graduated circle, in the plane of the meridian, attached permanently to a perpendicular wall; -- used for measuring arcs of the meridian. See Circle, n., 3. -- Mural crown (Rom. Antiq.), a golden crown, or circle of gold indented so as to resemble a battlement, bestowed on him…

Attached to one's own country or nation. National anthem, a popular song or hymn which has become by general acceptance the recognized musical expression of the patriotic sentiment of a nation; as, "God save the King" is called the national anthem of England. -- National bank, the official common name of a class of ba…

The state of being national; national attachment; nationality.

The quality of being national, or strongly attached to one's own nation; patriotism.

on of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation.

The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a nation; as, he belongs to the navy. Navy bean. see Bean. -- Navy yard, a place set apart as a shore station for the use of the navy. It often contains all the mechanical and other appliences for building and equipping war vessels and training their crews.…

Dipping. -- Needle bar, the reciprocating bar to which the needle of a sewing machine is attached. -- Needle beam (Arch.), to shoring, the horizontal cross timber which goes through the wall or a pier, and upon which the weight of the wall rests, when a building is shored up to allow of alterations in the lower part.…

Undue attachment to relations; favoritism shown to members of one's family; bestowal of patronage in consideration of relationship, rather than of merit or of legal claim. From nepotism Alexander V. was safe; for he was without kindred or relatives. But there was another perhaps more fatal nepotism, which turned the ti…

older nipple, a short pipe, usually of brass, one end of which is tapered and adapted for attachment to the end of a lead pipe by soldering.

-- used for detecting and measuring slight horizontal vibrations of a body to which it is attached.

a pipe, hose, bellows, etc.; the end piece of a microscope body, to which an objective is attached. -- To hold, put, or bring one's nose to the grindstone. See under Grindstone. -- To lead by the nose, to lead at pleasure, or to cause to follow submissively; to lead blindly, as a person leads a beast. Shak. -- To pu…

Heart-shaped, with the attachment at the pointed end; inversely cordate: as, an obcordate petal or leaf.

Lanceolate in the reversed order, that is, narrowing toward the point of attachment more than toward the apex.

To attach, as by a bond. [Obs.] He had obliged all the senators and magistrates firmly to himself. Bacon.

Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than the top, as a leaf.

An instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to measure the distance traversed; also, a wheel used by surveyors, which registers the miles and rods traversed.