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Each particular taken singly; distinction. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart. Totten.

like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense. [Obs.] Tyndale. Armed ship, a private ship taken into the service of the government in time of war, and armed and equipped like a ship of war. [Eng.] Brande & C. -- General ship. See under General. -- Ship biscuit, hard biscuit prepared for use on shipboard; -- called al…

The skin of a sheen after the fleece is shorn off, as distinct from the morling, or skin taken from the dead sheep; also, a sheep of the first year's shearing. [Prov. Eng.]

y; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short. He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous language. Howell. To sell short (Stock Exchange), to sell, for future delivery, what the party selling does not own, but hopes to buy at a lower rate.…

The refuse of cattle taken from a drove. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Samples taken for assay from a molten metallic mass pouring a portion into water, to granulate it.

A small California shark (Heptranchias maculatus), which is taken for its oil.

s; a mirror. -- Show of hands, a raising of hands to indicate judgment; as, the vote was taken by a show of hands. -- Show stone, a piece of glass or crystal supposed to have the property of exhibiting images of persons or things not present, indicating in that way future events.

A short sleep taken about the middle of the day, or after dinner; a midday nap.

sso, in his similitudes, never departed from the woods; that is, all his comparisons were taken from the country. Dryden.

A small draught taken with the lips; a slight taste. One sip of this Will bathe the drooping spirits in delight Beyond the bliss of dreams. Milton. A sip is all that the public ever care to take from reservoirs of abstract philosophy. De Quincey.

Sipping often. [Obs.] "Taken after a sippling sort." Holland.

A tub in which one bathes in a sitting posture; also, a bath so taken; a hip bath.

ds rank as in whist). The value of hands depends upon the game played, trump suit, points taken, and number of matadores.

A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel, -- usually tied in a sort of knot.

print or engraving, with the inscription outlined in hair strokes only, such proofs being taken before the engraving is finished. -- Skeleton regiment, a regiment which has its complement of officers, but in which there are few enlisted men. -- Skeleton shrimp (Zoöl.), a small crustacean of the genus Caprella. See Il…

off the surface of land. -- Skim milk, skimmed milk; milk from which the cream has been taken.

r next to nothing; the least possible hold or advantage. Job xix. 20. -- Skin wool, wool taken from dead sheep.

Skirts, taken collectivelly; material for skirts. Skirting board, the board running around a room on the wall next the floor; baseboard.