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The bar, or crosspiece, of a carriage, to which the singletrees are attached.

A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle. Fairholt.

The spring to which a drawbar is attached.

ers, etc., from their beds. (b) A dredging machine. (c) An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.

One who teaches drill, especially in the way of gymnastics. Macaulay.

The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker. Totten. Driver ant (Zoöl.), a species of African stinging ant; one of the visiting ants (Anomma arcens); -- so called because they move about in vast armies, and drive away or devour all insects and other small animals.…

one of the large wheels of a locomotive to which the connecting rods of the engine are attached; -- called also, simply, driver. See Illust. of Locomotive.

d over the chalk downs, but in other countries generally in the form of circles, or in detached pillars.

A coarse kind of unbleached cotton stuff. [Written also dungari.] [India]

A dynamometer to which is attached a device for automatically registering muscular power.

Having the color or appearance of unbleached stuff, as silk, linen, or the like.

ect. -- To edge down (Naut.), to approach by slow degrees, as when a sailing vessel approaches an object in an oblique direction from the windward. -- To edge in, to get in edgewise; to get in by degrees. -- To edge in with, as with a coast or vessel (Naut.), to advance gradually, but not directly, toward it.…

One who educates; a teacher.

The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle.

eth. Ch.), an elder commissioned by a bishop to have the oversight of the churches and preachers in a certain district. -- Ruling elder, a lay presbyter or member of a Presbyterian church session. Schaff.

One who is versed in elocution; a teacher of elocution.

arguments in an elevated, impassioned, and effective manner; as, an eloquent orator or preacher. O Death, all-eloquent! You only prove What dust we dote on when 't is man we love. Pope.

ought thither by the blood current. It consists most frequently of a clot of fibrin, a detached shred of a morbid growth, a globule of fat, or a microscopic organism.

e embryo in animals and plants; a study of the gradual development of the ovum until it reaches the adult stage.

The encephalon. In man the encephalos reaches its full size about seven years of age. Sir W. Hamilton.