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er; also massive, sometimes in compact forms with concentric fibrous structure resembling wood (wood tin), also in rolled fragments or pebbly (Stream tin). It is the chief source of metallic tin. See Black tin, under Black.

To throw out or emit; to exhale. [Obs.] This . . . casts a sulphureous smell. Woodward.

Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the middle finger; -- used by the Spaniards and Moors as an accompaniment to their dance and guitars.

Some of them are large, producing hard and heavy timber of excellent quality, called beefwood from its color.

A kind of raft or float, consisting of two or more logs or pieces of wood lashed together, and moved by paddles or sail; -- used as a surf boat and for other purposes on the coasts of the East and West Indies and South America. Modified forms are much used in the lumber regions of North America, and at life-saving stat…

London. Bp. Buret. The most horrible and portentous catastrophe that nature ever yet saw. Woodward.

An herbaceous or woody stem which bears leaves, and may bear flowers.

The name of several evergreen trees. The wood is remarkable for its durability and fragrant odor.

Of or pertaining to the cedar or its wood. [R.]

issue under Conjunctive. (b) (Bot.) Tissue composed entirely of parenchyma, and having no woody fiber or ducts. cellular telephone, a portable radio- telephone transmitting and receiving the radio-telephonic signals from one of a group of transmitter-receiver stations so arranged that they provide adequate signal conta…

stance which constitutes the essential part of the solid framework of plants, of ordinary wood, linen, paper, etc. It is also found to a slight extent in certain animals, as the tunicates. It is a carbohydrate, (C6H10O5)n, isomeric with starch, and is convertible into starches and sugars by the action of heat and acids…

A movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the co…

A bale or package. covered with hide, or with wood bound with hide; as, a ceroon of indigo, cochineal, etc.

The red-bellied wood pecker (Melanerpes Carolinus).

A soft and delicate woolen, or woolen and silk, fabric, for ladies' dresses. [Written also chally.]

To burn slightly or partially; as, to char wood.

Impure carbon prepared from vegetable or animal substances; esp., coal made by charring wood in a kiln, retort, etc., from which air is excluded. It is used for fuel and in various mechanical, artistic, and chemical processes.

Capable or deserving of chastisement; punishable. Sherwood.

To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.

A species of leopard (Cynælurus jubatus) tamed and used for hunting in India. The woolly cheetah of South Africa is C. laneus. [Written also chetah.]