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A sentence, or passage, considered as the expression of a thought; a maxim; a saying; a toast.

A melodic phrase or passage successively repeated one tone higher; a rosalia.

lly by a clergyman, for the purpose of religious instruction and grounded on some text or passage of Scripture. This our life exempt from public haunts Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones and good in everything. Shak. His preaching much, but more his practice, wrought, A living sermon…

A drain or passage to carry off water and filth under ground; a subterraneous channel, particularly in cities.

A long passage for the admission or outlet of air; an air shaft.

To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.

ng the business of a ship or ships when in port. -- Ship canal, a canal suitable for the passage of seagoing vessels. -- Ship carpenter, a carpenter who works at shipbuilding; a shipwright. -- Ship chandler, one who deals in cordage, canvas, and other, furniture of vessels. -- Ship chandlery, the commodities in whi…

artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course. [Written also chute, and shute.…

w of; as, one point shuts in another. -- To shut off. (a) To exclude. (b) To prevent the passage of, as steam through a pipe, or water through a flume, by closing a cock, valve, or gate. -- To shut out, to preclude from entering; to deny admission to; to exclude; as, to shut out rain by a tight roof. -- To shut toge…

A removable cover, or a gate, for closing an aperture of any kind, as for closing the passageway for molten iron from a ladle.

Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter. [Obs.] The siege of this mooncalf. Shak.

les singly, as a tubular attachment for the muzzle having circular plates that permit the passage of the projectile but impart a rotary motion to, and thus retard, the exploding gases.

The floor of a gallery or passage in a mine.

A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once. Busby. Skip kennel, a lackey; a footboy. [Slang.] Swift. -- Skip mackerel. (Zoöl.) See Bluefish, 1.

Smooth, even passage or progress. A better slide into their business. Bacon.

A narrow passage between buildings. [Eng.]

An artifical passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow; also, a water gate of flood gate.

A narrow passage between two buildings, as between the transept and chapter house of a monastery. [Eng.]

ree from obstruction; to make easy. Thou, Abelard! the last sad office pay, And smooth my passage to the realms of day. Pope.

ails, or flat rails, formerly used on American railroads. It was sometimes so bent by the passage of a train as to slip over a wheel and pierce the bottom of a car.