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as, an outside estimate. [Colloq.] Outside finish (Arch.), a term for the minor parts, as corner boards, hanging stiles, etc., required to complete the exterior of a wooden building; -- rare in masonry.

or during the time of; from beginning to end of; as, to keep anything over night; to keep corn over winter.

The corn camomile (Anthemis arvensis).

white palmetto in the center of a blue field and a white crescent in the upper left-hand corner.

One of a family of clavicorn beetles, including those which have very long maxillary palpi.

The food of swine in the woods, as beechnuts, acorns, etc.; -- called also pawns.

A very vascular superficial opacity of the cornea, usually caused by granulation of the eyelids. Foster.

A tumor formed by hypertrophy of the papillæ of the skin or mucous membrane, as a corn or a wart. Quain.

face of; to scorch; to roast over the fire, as dry grain; as, to parch the skin; to parch corn. Ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn. Lev. xxiii. 14.

atch; a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn. Employed about this patch of ground. Bunyan.

r derived from a father; hereditary; as, a paternal estate. Their small paternal field of corn. Dryden. Paternal government (Polit. Science), the assumption by the governing power of a quasi-fatherly relation to the people, involving strict and intimate supervision of their business and social concerns, upon the theory…

The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc.

ch an upright work stands. It consists of three parts, the base, the die or dado, and the cornice or surbase molding. See Illust. of Column. Build him a pedestal, and say, "Stand there!" Cowper.

Having five corners or angles. Pentagonal dodecahedron. See Dodecahedron, and Pyritohedron.

Having five corners or angles. [R.]

A solution of salt and water, in which fish, meat, etc., may be preserved or corned; brine.

Figuratively, to expose to public scorn. Gladstone.

The under side of a cornice; a soffit.

One who, or that which, plants or sows; as, a planterof corn; a machine planter.

uctiveness of the earth; ample supply for human wants; abundance; copiousness. "Plenty of corn and wine." Gen. xxvii. 28. "Promises Britain peace and plenty." Shak. Houses of office stuffed with plentee. Chaucer. The teeming clouds Descend in gladsome plenty o'er the world. Thomson.