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into action; to give new life to; to stir up; as, to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties. I was soon awaked from this disagreeable reverie. Goldsmith. It way awake my bounty further. Shak. No sunny gleam awakes the trees. Keble.

- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it.

Feathers connecting the under surface of the wing and the body, and concealed by the closed wing.

Axis of a lens, the straight line passing through its center and perpendicular to its surfaces. -- Axis of a telescope or microscope, the straight line with which coincide the axes of the several lenses which compose it. -- Axes of coördinates in a plane, to straight lines intersecting each other, to which points ar…

One of the Old World Quadrumana, of the genera Cynocephalus and Papio; the dog-faced ape. Baboons have dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. They are mostly African. See Mandrill, and Chacma, and Drill an ape.

materials used in filling up the space between two walls, or between the inner and outer faces of a wall, or upon the haunches of an arch or vault. -- Back pressure. (Steam Engine) See under Pressure. -- Back rest, a guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe, and placed in contact with the work, to steady it in tu…

ors, builders, and workers in wood or stone, to fill holes, cover defects, or finish a surface.

A short wooden club having a deeply concave face, seldom used.

A commercial traveler; one employed to solicit orders for manufacturers and tradesmen. Thackeray.

es, by weights suspended from one arm, the mutual attraction of oppositely electrified surfaces. Knight. -- Balance fish. (Zoöl) See Hammerhead. -- Balance knife, a carving or table knife the handle of which overbalances the blade, and so keeps it from contact with the table. -- Balance of power. (Politics), such an…

Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal. In the preface to his own bald translation. Dryden.

The face of the coal at which miners are working.

A sum equal to the interest at a given rate on the principal (face) of a bill or note from the time of discounting until it becomes due.

ase bars the plaintiff's recovery; -- sometimes with up. He barely looked the idea in the face, and hastened to bar it in its dungeon. Hawthorne.

Surface; body; substance. [R.] You have touched the very bare of naked truth. Marston.

nd melting at a very high temperature. It is difficult to obtain the pure metal, from the facility with which it becomes oxidized in the air. Atomic weight,

driver, and two double seats on the inside arranged so that the sitters on the front seat face those on the back seat.

The line or surface constituting that part of a figure on which it is supposed to stand.

s or bones of the branchial arches; basicranial, situated at the base of the cranium; basifacial, basitemporal, etc.

A by-product from the manufacture of steel by the basic process, used as a fertilizer. It is rich in lime and contains 14 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid. Called also Thomas slag, phosphatic slag, and odorless phosphate.