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t at right angles with the face, and whose intrados is in consequence askew. -- Oblique bridge, a skew bridge. See under Bridge, n. -- Oblique case (Gram.), any case except the nominative. See Case, n. -- Oblique circle (Projection), a circle whose plane is oblique to the axis of the primitive plane. -- Oblique fir…

ures; one who prevents enlightenment or hinders the progress of knowledge and wisdom. Coleridge.

ation; employment; calling; trade. Absence of occupation is not rest. Cowper. Occupation bridge (Engin.), a bridge connecting the parts of an estate separated by a railroad, a canal, or an ordinary road.

Of all varieties, forms, or kinds. "Omnifarious learning." Coleridge.

disputed point into a transcendent, and you may defy the opponent to lay hold of it. Coleridge.

ook lies on the table, which stands on the floor of a house on an island. I stood on the bridge at midnight. Longfellow.

An operative person or thing. [R.] Coleridge.

An opponent. [R.] Coleridge.

d in the second rank of honors, immediately after the wranglers, in the University of Cambridge, England. They are divided into senior and junior optimes.

ion with regard to one another and the whole. Their dramatic ordonnance of the parts. Coleridge.

connection of parts in and for a whole, so that each part is, at once, end and means Coleridge.

One of the ridges of sand or gravel found in Sweden, etc., supposed by some to be of marine origin, but probably formed by subglacial waters. The osar are similar to the kames of Scotland and the eschars of Ireland. See Eschar.

A turbulent surface of water, caused by strong currents setting over submerged ridges; also, a dangerous submerged ridge or shoal.

y. Spenser. Framed of cedar overlaid with gold. Milton. And overlay With this portentous bridge the dark abyss. Milton.

Excessive; too much. [R.] Coleridge.

Placable. [R.] Coleridge.

The act of pacifying; a peacemaking. Coleridge.

A trick; collusion. [Obs.] Bale. Cherd packing (Bridge Building), the arrangement, side by side, of several parts, as bars, diagonals, a post, etc., on a pin at the bottom of a chord. Waddell. -- Packing box, a stuffing box. See under Stuffing. -- Packing press, a powerful press for baling cotton, wool, hay, etc. --…

rned with paint; portrayed in colors. As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Coleridge.

A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss. Panel game, a method of stealing money in a panel house. -- Panel house, a house of prostitution in which the rooms have secret entrances to facilitate theft by accomplices of the inmates. -- Panel saw, handsaw with fine teeth, --…