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The act of gaping.

The act of stripping off the bark. [Obs.] Ash.

rive of material or physical qualities or characteristics. Dematerializing matter by stripping if of everything which . . . has distinguished matter. Milman.

An instrument for scraping the teeth.

The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare.

A store keeping a great variety of goods which are arranged in several departments, esp. one with dry goods as the principal stock.

The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers. Bp. Stillingfleet

To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store; as, to deposit goods in a warehouse.

A place where anything is deposited for sale or keeping; as, warehouse is a depository for goods; a clerk's office is a depository for records.

Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent.

A table, frame, or case, usually with sloping top, but often with flat top, for the use writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.

A stripping or plundering; spoliation. Bailey.

Leaping or skipping about. [Obs.] I shot at it [a bird], but it was so desultory that I missed my aim. Gilbert White.

The keeping possession of what belongs to another; detention of what is another's, even though the original taking may have been lawful. Forcible detainer is indictable at common law.

The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.

Having power to determine; limiting; shaping; directing; conclusive. Incidents . . . determinative of their course. I. Taylor. Determinative tables (Nat. Hist.), tables presenting the specific character of minerals, plants, etc., to assist in determining the species to which a specimen belongs.

The act of detorting, or the state of being detorted; a twisting or warping.

The act of lopping or cutting off, as the head from the body.

to develop its tenets. Milner. The 20th was spent in strengthening our position and developing the line of the enemy. The Century.

The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing, or a developed state. A new developmen…