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A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice. Dryden.

Falling down.

A guide rope.

A link connecting the cranks of two shafts.

The process of smooth filing by working the file sidewise instead of lengthwise.

The act of speaking with a drawl; a drawl. -- Drawl"ing*ly, adv. Bacon.

Same as Drawbar (b).

A heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton.

In a jesting manner.

A hill of compact, unstratified, glacial drift or till, usually elongate or oval, with the larger axis parallel to the former local glacial motion.

An explosive substance consisting essentially of sawdust or wood pulp, saturated with nitroglycerin and other similar nitro compounds. It is inferior to dynamite, and is more liable to explosion.

A young or little duck. Gay.

e act or practice of fighting in single combat. Also adj. [Written also duelling.]

A little or insignificant duke. Ford.

a cover of paste inclosing an apple or other fruit, and boiled or baked; as, an apple dumpling.

A species of sandpiper (Tringa alpina); -- called also churr, dorbie, grass bird, and red-backed sandpiper. It is found both in Europe and America.

A diminutive dwarf.

Habitation; place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile. Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons. Jer. xlix. 33. God will deign To visit oft the dwellings of just men. Milton. Philip's dwelling fronted on the street. Tennyson. Dwelling house, a house intended to be occupied as a residence, in distinction from…

A lamb just brought forth; a yeanling. Shak.

The state of being early or forward; promptness.