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A rope passing through a block, used in managing or dragging a trawlnet.

s rendered, or as that which is due or deserved; as, a tribute of affection. Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Gray.

ar month, under Month. -- Tropic year, the solar year; the period occupied by the sun in passing from one tropic or one equinox to the same again, having a mean length of 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 46.0 seconds, which is 20 minutes, 23.3 seconds shorter than the sidereal year, on account of the precession of the e…

cultation over the lungs in certain cases of disease, resembling that produced by the air passing through the trachea. -- Tubular bridge, a bridge in the form of a hollow trunk or tube, made of iron plates riveted together, as the Victoria bridge over the St. Lawrence, at Montreal, Canada, and the Britannia bridge ove…

A short side track on a railroad, which may be occupied by one train while another is passing on a main track; a shunt; a siding; a switch.

A similar arrangement for registering the number of persons passing through a gateway, doorway, or the like.

To distort, as a solid body, by turning one part relatively to another about an axis passing through both; to subject to torsion; as, to twist a shaft.

Not current. Specifically: Not passing in common payment; not receivable at par or full value; as, uncurrent notes. Shak.

Moved by water passing beneath; -- said of a water wheel, and opposed to overshot; as, an undershot wheel.

Not equaled; unmatched; unparalleled; unrivaled; exceeding; surpassing; -- in a good or bad sense; as, unequaled excellence; unequaled ingratitude or baseness. [Written also unequalled.]

The act or process of converting into vapor, or of passing off in vapor; evaporation. [R.]

Flying with sails; passing under full sail. [R.]

.), a cone whose vertex is at the point of sight, or the eye. -- Visual plane, any plane passing through the point of sight. -- Visual point, the point at which the visual rays unite; the position of the eye. -- Visual purple (Physiol.), a photochemical substance, of a purplish red color, contained in the retina of…

Passing through the air upon wings, or as if upon wings; flying; hence, passing from place to place; current. English silver now was current, and our gold volant in the pope's court. Fuller.

Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly. [Obs.]

An instrument for measuring the voltaic electricity passing through it, by its effect in decomposing water or some other chemical compound acting as an electrolyte.

oting has an interest in common with others, either in electing a person to office, or in passing laws, rules, regulations, etc.; suffrage.

rly, a passage either by sea or land; a journey, in general; but not chiefly limited to a passing by sea or water from one place, port, or country, to another; especially, a passing or journey by water to a distant place or country. I love a sea voyage and a blustering tempest. J. Fletcher. So steers the prudent crane…

oth or wrapper worn about the waist; by extension, such a garment worn about the hips and passing between the thighs.

esp. at table. The waiters stand in ranks; the yeomen cry, "Make room," as if a duke were passing by. Swift.