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being intoxicated or drunk; inebriation; ebriety; drunkenness; the act of intoxicating or making drunk.

k consisting of at least a trench or ditch and a parapet made from the earth thrown up in making such a ditch. On our side, we have thrown up intrenchments on Winter and Prospect Hills. Washington.

The act of formally making persons known to each other; a presentation or making known of one person to another by name; as, the introduction of one stranger to another.

The act of making inveterate. [R.] Bailey.

Making or containing invocation; invoking.

Making irps. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Without regard to conditions; not making circumstances into consideration. Prosperity, considered absolutely and irrespectively, is better and more desirable than adversity. South.

species of sturgeons (as the Acipenser huso) found in the of Western Russia. It used for making jellies, as a clarifier, etc. Cheaper forms of gelatin are not unfrequently so called. Called also fish glue.

Pertaining to, having the nature of, or making, isocheims; as, an isocheimal line; an isocheimal chart.

To take part in a merrymaking; -- especially, to act in a mask or interlude. [Obs.] Shak.

The act or practice of making jests; joking; pleasantry. Eph. v. 4.

The act or process of making a joint; also, the joints thus produced. Jointing machine, a planing machine for wood used in furniture and piano factories, etc. -- Jointing plane. See Jointer, 2. -- Jointing rule (Masonry), a long straight rule, used by bricklayers for securing straight joints and faces.…

A merrymaking; noisy festivity. [Colloq.] We have had a jollification or so together. Sir W. Scott.

system of physical training. It depends for its efficiency largely upon the principle of making use of an opponent's strength and weight to disable or injure him, and by applying pressure so that his opposing movement will throw him out of balance, dislocate or break a joint, etc. It opposes knowledge and skill to br…

Pieces of old cable or old cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships.

The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate; the right of making or enforcing laws; the power or right of exercising authority. To live exempt From Heaven's high jurisdiction. Milton. You wrought to be a legate; by which power You maim'd the jurisdiction of all bishops. Shak.

, or of a cut so as to hold it in the right place; also, the leads, quads, etc., used for making such adjustment.

orchorus olitorius, and C. capsularis; also, the plant itself. The fiber is much used for making mats, gunny cloth, cordage, hangings, paper, etc.

atstone, consisting of a reflecting knob at the end of a vibrating rod or thin plate, for making visible, in the motion of a point of light reflected from the knob, the paths or curves corresponding with the musical notes produced by the vibrations.

Making a right angle; perpendicular, as two lines or two sides of a triangle, which include a right angle.