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Following the practice of Pharisees; Pharisaic. [Obs.] "Pharisean disciples." Milton.

A musket, gun, or cannon; as, a battery of six pieces; a following piece.

Playing on a musical pipe. "Lowing herds and piping swains." Swift.

shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from the cutting. The growth of the second and following years is of inferior quality, and is called rattoon.

Of or pertaining to the epoch, or the deposits, following the Tertiary, and immediately preceding man. -- n.

the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc. To plow in, to cover by plowing; as, to plow in wheat. -- To plow up, to turn out of the ground by plowing.plow ahead, to continue in spite of obstacles or resistence by others.

A boy that drives or guides a team in plowing; a young rustic.

he United States of a bill unsigned so that it does not become a law, in virtue of the following constitutional provision (Const. Art. I., sec. 7, cl. 2): "If any bill shall not be returned by the President within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like ma…

The act of inflating the middle ear by blowing air up the nose during the act of swallowing; -- so called from Prof. Politzer of Vienna, who first practiced it.

The act or shock of striking a vessel's stern by a following wave or vessel.

A large doorway allowing vehicles to drive into or through a building. It is common to have the entrance door open upon the passage of the porte-cochère. Also, a porch over a driveway before an entrance door.

Of or pertaining to the period immediately following the Pliocene; Pleistocene. Also used as a noun. See Quaternary.

d or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely. His praise postponed, and never to be paid. Cowper.

Following, or more recent than, the Tertiary; Quaternary.

To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, either out of a vessel or into it; as, to pour water from a pail; to pour wine into a decanter; to pour oil upon the waters; to pour out sand or dust.

Going before; -- opposed to following.

Falling, flowing, or rushing, with steep descent; headlong. Precipitate the furious torrent flows. Prior.

A falling, flowing, or rushing downward with violence and rapidity. The hurry, precipitation, and rapid motion of the water, returning . . . towards the sea. Woodward.

vious; as, a prior discovery; prior obligation; -- used elliptically in cases like the following: he lived alone [in the time] prior to his marriage.

ng forward; -- said of certain monosyllabic words which are so closely attached to the following word as not to have a separate accent.