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An impression on paper taken from an ancient incised decoration or metal plate.

g two other fittings. Solder nipple, a short pipe, usually of brass, one end of which is tapered and adapted for attachment to the end of a lead pipe by soldering.

ly relate to instruments used in commercial transactions, such as protests of negotiable paper, ship's papers in cases of loss, damage, etc. He is generally called a notary public.

A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment; as, a promissory note; a note of hand; a negotiable note.

A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe.

An upright, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it rises, and terminating in a pyramid called pyramidion. It is ordinarily monolithic. Egyptian obelisks are commonly covered with hieroglyphic writing from top to bottom.

In the service of; connected with; of the number of; as, he is on a newspaper; on a committee.

A kind of thin translucent paper with a glossy finish.

A place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap; cleft, or hole. We saw him at the opening of his tent. Shak.

The lid closing the aperture of various species of shells, as the common whelk. See Illust. of Gastropoda.

ineating landscapes, by means of a pencil at the eye end which leaves the delineation on paper.

of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party, sect, etc.

A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound. Shak. Etna was bored through the top with a monstrous orifice. Addison.

One of the excurrent apertures of sponges.

An apparatus, consisting of a number of cells whose sides are of parchment paper, for conducting the process of osmosis. It is used esp. in sugar refining to remove potassium salts from the molasses.

bonds, exceeding the limit of capital, credit, or authority. An overissue of government paper. Brougham.

A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.

An opening or aperture; a recess; a recess; a chamber. [Obs.] Spenser. "The cave's inmost overture." Chapman.

An instrument for measuring thickness, as of the glass of a mirror, or of paper; a pachymeter.

mailing letters to go by packet; or the sailing day. -- Packet note or post. See under Paper.