Search the Dictionary

The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest. In orle, round the escutcheon, leaving the middle of the field vacant, or occupied by something else; -- said of bearings arranged on the shield in the form of an orle.

Owned; possessed. [Obs.] The knight the which that castle ought. Spenser.

A kind of moccasin, having the edges of the sole turned up and sewed to the upper. Knight.

arness Making), a piece of wood or metal which gives rigidity and shape to a harness pad. Knight.

A knight-errant; a distinguished champion; as, the paladins of Charlemagne. Sir W. Scott.

A board on which a newly molded brick is conveyed to the hack. Knight.

An instrument to avert the occurrence of hailstorms. See Paragr. Knight.

or drawing off the electricity in the atmosphere in order to prevent hailstorms. [France] Knight.

Plaster, as for lining the interior of flues, or for stuccowork. Knight.

A shackle for horses while pasturing. Knight.

A small triangular flag, esp. one attached to a knight's lance; a pennon.

Lines of white or black paint drawn along a mortar joint in a brick wall. Knight.

The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended. [U.S.] Knight. Pendant post (Arch.), a part of the framing of an open timber roof; a post set close against the wall, and resting upon a corbel or other solid support, and supporting the ends of a collar beam or any part of the roof.

ervice already performed; -- sometimes followed by off; as, to pension off a servant. One knighted Blackmore, and one pensioned Quarles. Pope.

The act of personifying; impersonation; embodiment. C. Knight.

general term sometimes employed when optics is restricted to light as a producing vision. Knight.

printing surface in relief, obtained by photographic means and subsequent manipulations. Knight.

To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones, as an embankment or a roadway. Knight.

A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistence. Knight.

A graving tool. Knight.