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chattels thereon, and keep the same in his custody till the arrival of the justices of assize. Blackstone.

To increase in size, force, or value; to proceed toward a climax. Specifically: --

A stone, often of great size and weight, resting upon another stone, and so exactly poised that it can be rocked, or slightly moved, with but little force.

strands twisted or braided together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in its size. See Cordage.

Printing and writing papers of particular sizes. See under paper, n.

Masonry constructed of unsquared stones that are irregular in size and shape.

resh-water European fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus erythrophthalmus). It is about the size and shape of the roach, but it has the dorsal fin farther back, a stouter body, and red irises. Called also redeye, roud, finscale, and shallow. A blue variety is called azurine, or blue roach.

An extinct tribe of fossil corals, including numerous species, many of them of large size. They are characteristic of the Paleozoic formations. The radiating septs, when present, are usually in multiples of four. See Cyathophylloid.

Shallon, an ericaceous shrub found from California northwards. The berries are about the size of a common grape and of a dark purple color.

A salmon of small size; a samlet.

dilla, and zapotilla.] Sapodilla plum (Bot.), the fruit of Achras Sapota. It is about the size of an ordinary quince, having a rough, brittle, dull brown rind, the flesh being of a dirty yellowish white color, very soft, and deliciously sweet. Called also naseberry. It is eatable only when it begins to be spotted, and…

A word used to emphasize a statement. [Obs.] Out she shall pack, with a sassarara. Goldsmith.

able for having two large kinds of workers besides the ordinary ones, and for the immense size of its formicaries. The sauba ant cuts off leaves of plants and carries them into its subterranean nests, and thus often does great damage by defoliating trees and cultivated plants.

Hence, any layer or leaf of metal or other material, resembling in size and thinness the scale of a fish; as, a scale of iron, of bone, etc.

low the bases of Ionic and Corinthian columns, generally without moldings, and of smaller size horizontally than the pedestal.

A piece of timber sawed or cut of a small size, as for studs, rails, etc.

ched, or cut away so that they will fit each other and form a lengthened beam of the same size at the junction as elsewhere.

live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc. [U.S.] Scrub bird (Zoöl.), an Australian passerine bird of the family Atrichornithidæ, as Atrichia clamosa; -- called also brush bird. -- Scrub oak (Bot.), the popular name of several dwarfish species of oak. The scrub…

A great brazen laver in the temple at Jerusalem; -- so called from its size. He made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof. 2 Chron. iv. 2.

le into an erectile elastic proboscis, about a foot in length. Another species of smaller size (M. angustirostris) occurs on the coast of Lower California, but is now nearly extinct.