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The place in a barn where hay is deposited.

that holds the revolving spindle and its attachments; -- also called poppet head, the opposite corresponding part being called a tailstock.

Destitute of feeling or affection; unsympathetic; cruel. "The heartless parasites." Byron. -- Heart"less*ly, adv. -- Heart"less*ness, n.

ts of combustion, esp. of all the plates or sheets that are exposed to water on their opposite surfaces; -- called also fire surface.

The bank of a canal opposite, and corresponding to, that of the towpath; berm. [U. S.]

A genus of composite plants, with shining, commonly white or yellow, or sometimes reddish, radiated involucres, which are often called "everlasting flowers."

. -- To shift the helm, to bear the tiller over to the corresponding position on the opposite side of the vessel. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

An intestinal worm, or wormlike intestinal parasite; one of the Helminthes.

annabinum), the fiber of which was used by the Indians. -- Hemp agrimony, a coarse, composite herb of Europe (Eupatorium cannabinum), much like the American boneset. -- Hemp nettle, a plant of the genus Galeopsis (G. Tetrahit), belonging to the Mint family. -- Indian hemp. See under Indian, a. -- Manila hemp, the f…

Bearing two kinds of heads or capitula; -- said of certain composite plants.

Moving in opposite directions; -- said of a lever, pulley, etc., in which the resistance and the actuating force are on opposite sides of the fulcrum or axis.

Having different names or designations; standing in opposite relations. J. Le Conte. -- Het"er*on"y*mous*ly, adv.

That mode of treating diseases, by which a morbid condition is removed by inducing an opposite morbid condition to supplant it; allopathy.

es on the other side of them; -- so called because at noon the shadows always fall in opposite directions (the one northward, the other southward).

ery respect. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- On high, aloft; above. The dayspring from on high hath visited us. Luke i. 78. -- The Most High, the Supreme Being; God.

The formation and development of organic tissues; histogeny; -- the opposite of histolysis.

ked at the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals.

se angle in the upper surface of any member, as of a timber laid horizontally; -- the opposite of camber.

Having all the flowers alike; -- said of such composite plants as Eupatorium, and the thistels.

Similarly in arrangement of parts; -- the opposite of heterotaxy.