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ok, a hook connected with the iron strap of a pulley block by a swivel joint, for readily taking the turns out of a tackle. -- Swivel joint, a joint, the two pieces composing which turn round, with respect to each other, on a longitudinal pin or axis, as in a chain, to prevent twisting.

To contract, as a word, by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; as, "Gloster" is a syncopated form of "Gloucester."

The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope.

Capable of, or taking place by, alternate contraction and dilatation; as, the systaltic action of the heart.

Something used for taking hold or holding; a catch; a loop; a button. [Obs.] Ex. xxvi. 6.

e away, to carry off; to remove; to cause deprivation of; to do away with; as, a bill for taking away the votes of bishops. "By your own law, I take your life away." Dryden. -- To take breath, to stop, as from labor, in order to breathe or rest; to recruit or refresh one's self. -- To take care, to exercise care or v…

Containing tartar; consisting of tartar, or partaking of its qualities; tartareous.

Business; employment; undertaking; labor. His mental powers were equal to greater tasks. Atterbury. To take to task. See under Take.

To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish or flavor of (anything) by taking a small quantity into a mouth. Also used figuratively. When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine. John ii. 9. When Commodus had once tasted human blood, he became incapable of pity or remorse. Gibbon.…

An instrument consisting of a fine, sharp hook attached to a handle, and used mainly for taking up arteries, and the like.

Of or pertaining to turpentine; consisting of turpentine, or partaking of its qualities.

Partaking of, or combining, both divinity and humanity. [R.] The gorgeous and imposing figures of his [Homer's] theanthropic sytem. Gladstone.

The act of stealing; specifically, the felonious taking and removing of personal property, with an intent to deprive the rightful owner of the same; larceny.

ned by first wetting the object slightly with hydrochloric or dilute sulphuric acid, then taking an impression with a press, and next strongly heating this impression.

a liquid from a cask. -- Thieves' vinegar, a kind of aromatic vinegar for the sick room, taking its name from the story that thieves, by using it, were enabled to plunder, with impunity to health, in the great plague at London. [Eng.]

Partaking of the nature of theft; accomplished by stealing; dishonest; as, a thievish practice. Or with a base and biosterous sword enforce A thievish living on the common road. Shak. -- Thiev"ish*ly, adv. -- Thiev"ish*ness, n.

The act of levying or taking tithes; that which is taken as tithe; a tithe. To take tithing of their blood and sweat. Motley.

A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; -- usually in the plural. As a Numidian lion, when first caught, Endures the toil that holds him. Denham. Then toils for beasts, and lime for birds, were found. Dryden.

The act or art of taking off the top soil of land before an excavation or embankment is begun.

representing some action in which serious and comic scenes are blended; a composition partaking of the nature both of tragedy and comedy. The noble tragi-comedy of "Measure for Measure." Macaulay.