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t, square appendage at top. A similar cap used in the United States is called Oxford cap, mortar board, etc. -- Trencher fly, a person who haunts the tables of others; a parasite. [R.] L'Estrange. -- Trencher friend, one who frequents the tables of others; a sponger. -- Trencher mate, a table companion; a parasite;…

r the purpose of ascertaining what can be done or effected. [I] defy thee to the trial of mortal fight. Milton.

To plow the third time before sowing, as land. Mortimer.

. Will you troll the catch Shak. His sonnets charmed the attentive crowd, By wide-mouthed mortaltrolled aloud. Hudibras.

A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.

A hod for mortar.

A cylindrical projection on each side of a piece, whether gun, mortar, or howitzer, serving to support it on the cheeks of the carriage. See Illust. of Cannon.

nd principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; reliance. "O ever-failing trust in mortal strength!" Milton. Most take things upon trust. Locke.

t of imitation, or the like. Plows, to go true, depend much on the truth of the ironwork. Mortimer.

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

A dish made in the West Indies by beating boiled plantain quite soft in a wooden mortar.

le turn. Macaulay. The turns and varieties of all passions. Hooker. Too well the turns of mortal chance I know. Pope.

A tool for making mortises. [Obs.]

concerned about the future. -- Un`con*cern"ed*ly, adv. -- Un`con*cern"ed*ness, n. Happy mortals, unconcerned for more. Dryden.

Not subject to death; immortal. [Obs.] -- Un*dead"li*ness, n. [Obs.] Wyclif.

A prolific sort of apple, good for cider. [Obs.] Mortimer.

ass of fabled female water spirits who might receive a human soul by intermarrying with a mortal.

Not dying; imperishable; unending; immortal; as, the undying souls of men.

Free from any temporary estate or interest, or from mortgage, or other charge or debt; as, an estate unincumbered with dower.

form a whole; to combine; to connect; to join; to cause to adhere; as, to unite bricks by mortar; to unite iron bars by welding; to unite two armies.