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ssavica); also, a walking stick made from its stem. He was in form and spirit like a supple-jack, . . . yielding, but tough; though he bent, he never broke. W. Irving.

Not liable to stumble or fall; as, a sure-footed horse.

A variety of the chicken pox, with acuminated vesicles containing a watery fluid; the water pox. Pepys.

rea of land; a plateau. The toppling crags of Duty scaled, Are close upon the shining table- lands To which our God himself is moon and sun. Tennyson.

Imposition; fraud. [Colloq.]

An imitation, especially in the way of caricature.

That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.

A tittering laugh; a titter. "'Te-hee,' quoth she." Chaucer.

The opening in the furnaces through which fuel is introduced.

A workingmen's resort conducted under religious influences as a counteractant to the drinking saloon. [Colloq. or Cant]

An instrument essentially the same as the telemetrograph.

One who has the actual possession of land; the occupant. [Written also ter-tenant.]

An olive-green earth used as a pigment. See Glauconite.

Private; confidential; familiar. She avoided tête-à-tête walks with him. C. Kingsley.

A work thrown up at the end of a bridge nearest the enemy, for covering the communications across a river; a bridgehead.

Concerning that. [Scot.]

Having or consisting of three coats; -- applied to plastering which consists of pricking-up, floating, and a finishing coat; or, as called in the United States, a scratch coat, browning, and finishing coat.

Designating, or pert. to, a photomechanical process employing printings in three colors, as red, yellow, and blue.

Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat.

A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.