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The hollow basal part of a feather. Barrel bulk (Com.), a measure equal to five cubic feet, used in estimating capacity, as of a vessel for freight. -- Barrel drain (Arch.), a drain in the form of a cylindrical tube. -- Barrel of a boiler, the cylindrical part of a boiler, containing the flues. -- Barrel of the ear…

A wicker case, in which salt is put to drain.

To traffic or trade, by exchanging one commodity for another, in distinction from a sale and purchase, in which money is paid for the commodities transferred; to truck.

The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the latter and forms a salt; -- applied also to the hydroxides of the positive elements or radicals, and to certain organic bodies resembling them in their property of forming salts with acids.

Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt.

That which converts into a salifiable base.

To convert into a salifiable base.

The basal joint of the legs of Crustacea.

To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.

the Batrachidæ, a family of marine fishes, including the toadfish. Some have poisonous dorsal spines.

d with liquids heavier than water, sinks to 0º in pure water, and to 15º in a 15 per cent salt solution; the other, for liquids lighter than water, sinks to 0º in a 10 per cent salt solution and to 10º in pure water. In both cases the graduation, based on the distance between these fundamental points, is continued alon…

In the East, an exchange, marketplace, or assemblage of shops where goods are exposed for sale.

Bordered by a beach. The beached verge of the salt flood. Shak.

g joints, filling cracks, etc. For iron, the principal constituents are iron borings and sal ammoniac; for wood, white lead or litharge, whiting, and linseed oil.

ian tree (Casuarina), and its red wood, used for cabinetwork; also, the trees Stenocarpus salignus of New South Wales, and Banksia compar of Queensland.

A kind or favorable reception or salutation. [Obs.]

in a more restricted sense, one who receives Christ as his Savior, and accepts the way of salvation unfolded in the gospel. Thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers. Book of Com. Prayer.

Having mild and salubrious qualities. [Obs.] Bacon.

A feudatory or vassal; hence, one who holds a benefice and uses its proceeds. Ayliffe.

Exhibiting or manifesting kindness, gentleness, favor, etc.; mild; kindly; salutary; wholesome. Kind influences and benign aspects. South.