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Consisting of a network of veins, without intermediate parenchyma, as the leaves of certain plant; latticelike.

An interwoven or latticed wall or inclosure; latticework, rails, or crossbars, as around the bar of a court of justice, between the chancel and the have of a church, or in a window.

epithelial cells, either without support or embedded in the meshes of a trabecular framework.

oiling sugar or molasses to the desired consistency, and than crystallizing, molding, or working in the required shape. It is often flavored or colored, and sometimes contains fruit, nuts, etc.

A coarse cloth so woven as to form regular meshes for working with the needle, as in tapestry, or worsted work.

Outward condition or circumstances; occupation; profession; character; position; as, to work in the capacity of a mason or a carpenter.

An imaginary line dividing a bastion, ravelin, or other work, into two equal parts.

A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway.

One who directs work; an overseer. [Sp. Amer.]

A plane used for working the upper surface of staircase rails.

rn, but improperly.] Capstan bar, one of the long bars or levers by which the capstan is worked; a handspike.. -- To pawl the capstan, to drop the pawls so that they will catch in the notches of the pawl ring, and prevent the capstan from turning back. -- To rig the capstan, to prepare the for use, by putting the bar…

The foreman of a body of workmen.

t. -- Carbon point (Elec.), a small cylinder or bit of gas carbon moved forward by clockwork so that, as it is burned away by the electric current, it shall contantly maintain its proper relation to the opposing point. -- Carbon tissue, paper coated with gelatine and pigment, used in the autotype process of photograp…

A large, globular glass bottle, esp. one of green glass, inclosed in basket work or in a box, for protection; -- used commonly for carrying corrosive liquids; as sulphuric acid, etc.

amp, for lighthouses, in which a superbundance of oil is pumped to the wick tube by clockwork.

A chime of bells diatonically tuned, played by clockwork or by finger keys.

An ideal heat-engine cycle in which the working fluid goes through the following four successive operations: (1) Isothermal expansion to a desired point; (2) adiabatic expansion to a desired point; (3) isothermal compression to such a point that (4) adiabatic compression brings it back to its initial state.…

An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of houses, ships, etc.

The occupation or work of a carpenter; the act of workingin timber; carpentry.

eces of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.