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Systematic exercise for instruction or discipline; as, the troops are called out for practice; she neglected practice in music.

little lives Above the clouds, precipitant to earth. J. Philips. Should he return, that troop so blithe and bold, Precipitant in fear would wing their flight. Pope.

leet, of the city guard, of provisions; the pretorian prefect, who was commander of the troops guarding the emperor's person.

on; a making ready; as, the preparation of land for a crop of wheat; the preparation of troops for a campaign.

le or necessary; to get ready; to provide; as, to prepare ammunition and provisions for troops; to prepare ships for defence; to prepare an entertainment. Milton. That they may prepare a city for habitation. Ps. cvii. 36

l (Knitting machine), a bar or wheel which closes the barbs of the needles to enable the loops of the yarn to pass over them. -- Presser foot, the part of a sewing machine which rests on the cloth and presses it down upon the table of the machine.

To practice psalmody. " The psalmodizing art." J. G. Cooper.

Drooping of the upper eyelid, produced by paralysis of its levator muscle.

A small sloop or shallop, or a large boat with sails.

A discourse or treatise on fevers; the doctrine of fevers. Hooper.

A station or encampment occupied by troops; a place of lodging for soldiers or officers; as, winter quarters.

That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one.

storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies.

tional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division. "Quota of troops and money." Motley.

A small sloop-rigged racing yacht carrying about six hundred square feet of sail, distinguished from a knockabout by having a short bowsprit.

A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together, forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network of catgut or cord is stretched. It is furnished with a handle, and is used for catching or striking a ball in tennis and similar games. Each one [of the Indians] has a bat curved like a crosier, and ending…

to collect; to levy; to get together or obtain for use or service; as, to raise money, troops, and the like. "To raise up a rent." Chaucer.

To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.

The cuckoopint.

One of a body of mounted troops, formerly armed with short muskets, who range over the country, and often fight on foot.