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A steel-gray mineral of metallic luster. It is a sulphide of silver and copper.

See Sty, a boil.

Bent down, and hollow in the back; sway-backed; -- said of a horse. Shak.

Squint-eyed. [Prov. Eng.]

A fencer; a gladiator; one who exhibits his skill in the use of the sword.

Saw. Chaucer.

Orig., a rock composed of quartz, hornblende, and feldspar, anciently quarried at Syene, in Upper Egypt, and now called granite.

Relating to Syene; as, Syenitic inscriptions.

One who is assessed and pays a tax.

The chub mackerel. See under Chub.

sible at the throat of the corolla, as in long-stamened primroses; -- the reverse of pin-eyed.

Thrice. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A siliceous stone of a yellow color and chatoyant luster, obtained in South Africa and much used for ornament. It is an altered form of the mineral crocidolite. See Crocidolite.

A larger, swifter, and more powerful armed type of torpedo boat, originally intended principally for the destruction of torpedo boats, but later used also as a more formidable torpedo boat.

This year. [Obs.] Chaucer.

One who toys; one who is full of trifling tricks; a trifler.

Any workman engaged in work involved in putting the track in place. [U. S. & Canada] -- Track"lay`ing, n.

A nozzle, mouthpiece, or fixture through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge. [Corruptly written also tweer, and twier.] Tuyère arch, the embrasure, in the wall of a blast furnace through which the tuyère enters.

A knot; a tie. [R.] See Tie.

One who ties, or unites. [R.]