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A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.

A landing place or wharf. Knight.

, the profession of representing dramatic compositions; the drama, as acted or exhibited. Knights, squires, and steeds, must enter on the stage. Pope. Lo! Where the stage, the poor, degraded stage, Holds its warped mirror to a gaping age. C. Sprague.

water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release. Knight.

n to enable the water to flow into the boiler, notwithstanding the pressure of the steam. Knight.

A contrivance for recording the speed of a railway train. Knight.

The shearing of a pile of books which are as yet uncovered, or out of boards. Knight.

ecially a spirited horse for state of war; -- used chiefly in poetry or stately prose. "A knight upon a steed." Chaucer. Mounted upon a hot and fiery steed. Shak.

vice for indicating the progress of distillation by the density of the liquid given over. Knight.

A low stool to keep the goods from touching the floor. Knight.

The beater of a fulling mill. Knight.

A machine for crushing or hammering stone. Knight.

anged alternately in two circles in the hub. See Straddle, v. i., and Straddle, v. t., 3. Knight.

A bunch of hackled flax prepared for drawing into slivers. Knight.

caliber of the arm from which it is fired, and to which it is fitted by means of a sabot. Knight.

ary plow, and loosens the soil to an additional depth without bringing it to the surface. Knight.

ready particularized in terms which are not mentioned. In rushed one and tells him such a knight Is new arrived. Daniel. To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year. James iv. 13.

o. For yet there was no man that haddle him sued. Chaucer. I was beloved of many a gentle knight, And sued and sought with all the service due. Spenser. Sue me, and woo me, and flatter me. Tennyson.

A pond of water for salt works. Knight.

rd or group of moldings running round a room on a level with the tops of the chair backs. Knight.