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A kind of spectacles with short, projecting eye tubes, in the front end of which are fixed plain glasses for protecting the eyes from cold, dust, etc.

Ornamental notes or short passages, either introduced by the performer, or indicated by the composer, in which case the notation signs are called grace notes, appeggiaturas, turns, etc.

Tapered; -- said of a bird's tail when the outer feathers are shortest, and the others successively longer. Graduated tube, bottle, cap, or glass, a vessel, usually of glass, having horizontal marks upon its sides, with figures, to indicate the amount of the contents at the several levels. -- Graduated spring (Railroa…

A short jacket or cloak, made of very thick, coarse cloth, with a hood attached, worn by the Greeks and others in the Levant. [Written also griego.]

d at the stems; -- sometimes rather indefinitely applied to any ornament made up of a few short notes.

A short, thick man; a dwarf. [Obs.] Carew.

To make a deep, short noise, as a hog; to utter a short groan or a deep guttural sound. Who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life. Shak. Grunting ox (Zoöl.), the yak.

One of several northern sea birds, allied to the auks. They have short legs, placed far back, and are expert divers and swimmers.

A kind of short chemisette, worn with a low-necked dress.

A channel or hollow worn in the earth by a current of water; a short deep portion of a torrent's bed when dry.

Properly, a short hauberk, but often used loosely for the hauberk. Chaucer.

A short line used in drawing and engraving, especially in shading and denoting different surfaces, as in map drawing. See Hatching.

To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough.

Having fine, short, and sharp points on the surface; as, the hackly fracture of metallic iron.

t notch. -- Half hitch, a sailor's knot in a rope; half of a clove hitch. -- Half hose, short stockings; socks. -- Half measure, an imperfect or weak line of action. -- Half note (Mus.), a minim, one half of a semibreve. -- Half pay, half of the wages or salary; reduced pay; as, an officer on half pay. -- Half pr…

A boot with a short top covering only the ankle. See Cocker, and Congress boot, under Congress.

A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a spontoon. Tatler.

Any slender, marine fish of the genus Hemirhamphus, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower; -- called also balahoo.

o hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come to a stop; to stand still.

ch hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword.