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mbling, a funiculus, or funiculi; as, a funicular ligament. Funicular action (Mech.), the force or action exerted by a rope in drawing together the supports to which its ends are Fastened, when acted upon by forces applied in a direction transverse to the rope, as in the archer's bow. -- Funicular curve. Same as Caten…

With great force or vigor; vehemently.

The military force of the whole nation, consisting of all men able to bear arms. The national fyrd or militia. J. R. Green.

To withstand; to resist. [Obs.] Durst . . . gainstand the force of so many enraged desires. Sir P. Sidney.

A hash of various kinds of meats, a ragout. Delighting in hodge-podge, gallimaufries, forced meat. King.

The art or process of measuring the force of electric currents.

b) The height of the water in the boiler. -- Wind gauge, an instrument for measuring the force of the wind on any given surface; an anemometer. -- Wire gauge, a gauge for determining the diameter of wire or the thickness of sheet metal; also, a standard of size. See under Wire.

The C.G.S. unit of density of magnetic field, equal to a field of one line of force per square centimeter, being thus adopted as an international unit at Paris in 1900; sometimes used as a unit of intensity of magnetic field. It was previously suggested as a unit of magnetomotive force.

Forced feeding (as of poultry or infants) by means of a tube passed through the mouth down to the stomach.

ide with gearing. Double geared, driven through twofold compound gearing, to increase the force or speed; -- said of a machine.

of industrial or merchantile enterprises, the terms of which could not be included and enforced in a legal contract.

The tendency of an organism to respond, during its growth, to the force of gravitation.

The act of gesticulating, or making gestures to express passion or enforce sentiments.

iment or passion; any action or posture intended to express an idea or a passion, or to enforce or emphasize an argument, assertion, or opinion. Humble and reverent gestures. Hooker. Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love. Milton.

-- used of a vessel so moored by two anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the current or tide.

To yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less rigid; as, the earth gives under the feet.

ing, and having teeth on its periphery to drive the train. (b) A device for maintaining a force to drive the train while the timepiece is being wound up. -- Going forth. (Script.) (a) Outlet; way of exit. "Every going forth of the sanctuary." Ezek. xliv. 5. (b) A limit; a border. "The going forth thereof shall be from…

in proper time. -- To hold good, to remain true or valid; to be operative; to remain in force or effect; as, his promise holds good; the condition still holds good. -- To make good, to fulfill; to establish; to maintain; to supply (a defect or deficiency); to indemmify; to prove or verify (an accusation); to prove t…

To scoop out, as an eye, with the thumb nail; to force out the eye of (a person) with the thumb. [K S.]

ls, and other machinery, to maintain nearly uniform speed when the resistances and motive force are variable.