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That transports; fig., ravishing. Your transporting chords ring out. Keble.

So as to transport.

Shooting at pigeons liberated, or glass balls or clay pigeons sprung into the air, from a trap. -- Trap shooter.

A channel cut behind the brick lining of a shaft. Raymond.

Having or exercising trust; confiding; unsuspecting; trustful. -- Trust"ing*ly, adv.

An appointment; a tryst. Trysting day, an arranged day of meeting or assembling, as of soldiers, friends, and the like. And named a trysting day, And bade his messengers ride forth East and west and south and north, To summon his array. Macaulay. -- Trysting place, a place designated for the assembling of soldiers, the…

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

The practice of seeking after, and hanging on, noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities. [Cant, Eng.]

a. & n. from Twist. Twisting pair. (Kinematics) See under Pair, n., 7.

In a twitting manner; with upbraiding.

The act or art of setting type.

The act or art of using a typewriter; also, a print made with a typewriter.

Something set or built under as a support; a pedestal. Sir H. Wotton.

The business of an underwriter,

lling like waves; resembling wave form or motion; undulatory; rolling; wavy; as, an undulating medium; undulating ground. -- Un"du*la`ting*ly. adv.

Inextinguishable. -- Un`ex*tin"guish*a*bly, adv.

Not relenting; unyielding; rigid; hard; stern; cruel. -- Un`re*lent"ing*ly, adv. -- Un`re*lent"ing*ness, n.

Not remitting; incessant; continued; persevering; as, unremitting exertions. Cowper. -- Un`re*mit"ting*ly, adv. -- Un`re*mit"ting*ness, n.

Unresisting. [Obs.] "The unsisting postern." Shak.

Not sitting well; unbecoming. [Obs.] "Unsitting words." Sir T. More.