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A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiral groove, between one turn and the next, -- used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or pressure in the direction of its axis, by the slidi…

Common salt, obtained from sea water by evaporation.

To seek; to look for something; to make inquiry, exploration, or examination; to hunt. Once more search with me. Shak. It sufficeth that they have once with care sifted the matter, and searched into all the particulars. Locke.

To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations. A sable mantle seeded with waking eyes. B. Jonson. To seed down, to sow with grass seed.

r pertaining to half of a century, or a period of fifty years; as, a semicentennial commemoration.

That which is used to improve the appearance of anything; a decoration; an ornament.

An adornment; a decoration; -- with off. [Obs.] They come as . . . setters off of thy graces. Whitlock.

Potter's clay in a very liquid state, used for the decoration of ceramic ware, and also as a cement for handless and other applied parts.

A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; esp., one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.

A delicate trailing plant (Myrsiphyllum asparagoides) much used for decoration. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Single; unmarried; as, a feme sole. Corporation sole. See the Note under Corporation.

formal discourse in public; oration; harangue. The constant design of these orators, in all their speeches, was to drive some one particular point. Swift.

heat, the intervention of a cushion of nonconducting vapor, and the cooling effect of evaporation.

Animated; full of life or vigor; lively; full of spirit or fire; as, a spirited oration; a spirited answer.

as, the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation. Spiritual coadjuctor. (Eccl.) See the Note under Jesuit. -- Spiritual court (Eccl. Law), an ecclesiastical court, or a court having jurisdiction in ecclesiastical affairs; a court held by a bishop or other ecclesiastic.…

Rendered dense or compact, as by evaporation; inspissated; thickened. [R.] The spissated juice of the poppy. Bp. Warburton.

The act of spitting; expectoration. Harvey.

A discoloration by foreign matter; a spot; as, a stain on a garment or cloth. Shak.

An act of a corporation or of its founder, intended as a permanent rule or law; as, the statutes of a university.

ct portion of an ode or other poem; also, the pervading note, or burden, of a song, poem, oration, book, etc.; theme; motive; manner; style; also, a course of action or conduct; as, he spoke in a noble strain; there was a strain of woe in his story; a strain of trickery appears in his career. "A strain of gallantry." S…