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An herb (Linaria vulgaris) of the Figwort family, having narrow leaves and showy orange and yellow flowers; -- called also butter and eggs, flaxweed, and ramsted.

Having (such or so many) toes; -- chiefly used in composition; as, narrow-toed, four-toed.

A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake.

To peep; to look narrowly. [Obs.] Latimer. For birds in bushes tooting. Spenser.

tain connection or sympathy;-with with or of. -- Touch and go, a phrase descriptive of a narrow escape. -- True as touch (i.e., touchstone), quite true. [Obs.]

Any of two or more narrow paths, of steel, smooth stone, or the like, laid in a public roadway otherwise formed of an inferior pavement, as cobblestones, to provide an easy way for wheels.

an area; as, an unexplored tract of sea. A very high mountain joined to the mainland by a narrowtract of earth. Addison.

The act of passing over a strait or narrow sea. [Obs.] Sir J. Davies.

To pass over a strait or narrow sea. [Written also transfreight.] [Obs.] E. Hall.

A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for draining land. Mortimer.

A narrow cart that is pushed by hand or drawn by an animal. [Eng.]

Any channel, receptacle, or depression, of a long and narrow shape; as, trough between two ridges, etc. Trough gutter (Arch.), a rectangular or V-shaped gutter, usually hung below the eaves of a house. -- Trough of the sea, the depression between two waves.

The narrow, hollow part of a gamopetalous corolla.

A long, narrow sword; a rapier. [Obs.] Shak. He wore large hose, and a tuck, as it was then called, or rapier, of tremendous length. Sir W. Scot.

The finishing of joints along the center lines with a narrow ridge of putty or fine lime mortar.

A narrow piece of linen or the like, folded across the breast, or attached to the gown at the neck, forming a part of a woman's dress in the 17th century and later.

ln, in which wood or peat is used. -- Tunnel net, a net with a wide mouth at one end and narrow at the other. -- Tunnel pit, Tunnel shaft, a pit or shaft sunk from the top of the ground to the level of a tunnel, for drawing up the earth and stones, for ventilation, lighting, and the like.

Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root.

n, dark, or sometimes gray, eyes, brachycephaly, and very long, prominent, and moderately narrow nose.

A narrow superstructure running from stem to stern on the upper deck of a steam cargo vessel having a rounded gunwale and sides curved inward convexly.