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Timber in standing trees, -- often sold without the land at a fixed price per tree or per stump, the stumps being counted when the land is cleared. [Local, U.S.] Only trees above a certain size are allowed to be cut by loggers buying stumpage from the owners of land. C. S. Sargent.

Overcome by, or affected with, sunstroke; as, sun-struck soldiers.

followed by with before the thing furnished; as, to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition.

be crowded; to be thronged with a multitude of beings in motion. Every place swarms with soldiers. Spenser.

To unite by heating, after the application of soldier.

One who uses, or fights with, a sword; a swordsman; a soldier; a cutthroat. [Obs.] Shak.

A soldier; a fighting man.

as he himself appointed. Jer. Taylor. Symbolical delivery (Law), the delivery of property sold by delivering something else as a symbol, token, or representative of it. Bouvier. Chitty. -- Symbolical philosophy, the philosophy expressed by hieroglyphics.

another; to tack on a board or shingle; to tack one piece of metal to another by drops of solder.

A tally shop. See Tally shop, below. Tally shop, a shop at which goods or articles are sold to customers on account, the account being kept in corresponding books, one called the tally, kept by the buyer, the other the counter tally, kept by the seller, and the payments being made weekly or otherwise by agreement. The…

A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed, -- usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo. Wilhelm.

ept on tap; a barroom. The ambassador was put one night into a miserable taproom, full of soldiers smoking. Macaulay.

A beat of drum, or sound of a trumpet or bugle, at night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their quarters in garrison, or to their tents in camp. The Devil's tattoo. See under Devil.

Valued or sold at ten pence; as, a tenpenny cake. See 2d Penny, n.

tched and sustained by poles, -- used for sheltering persons from the weather, especially soldiers in camp. Within his tent, large as is a barn. Chaucer.

dishes are cooked and served; esp., an earthenware jar containing some table delicacy and sold with its contents.

. I will testify against thee. Ps. l. 7. I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. Neh. xiii. 15.

r discussion or argument; a text. My theme is alway one and ever was. Chaucer. And when a soldier was the theme, my name Was not far off. Shak.

A coarse, mixed linen fabric made to be sold in the West Indies.

In Cuba, Mexico, etc., a booth, stall, or shop where merchandise is sold.