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A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so arranged that they will be exploded when touched by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore.

metallic luster. the larvæ feed upon the leaves of various plants, and protect themselves beneath a mass of dried excrement held over the back by means of the caudal spines. The golden tortoise beetle (Cassida aurichalcea) is found on the morning-glory vine and allied plants. -- Tortoise plant. (Bot.) See Elephant's f…

wer. See under Shot. -- Tower bastion (Fort.), a bastion of masonry, often with chambers beneath, built at an angle of the interior polygon of some works. -- Tower mustard (Bot.), the cruciferous plant Arabis perfoliata. -- Tower of London, a collection of buildings in the eastern part of London, formerly containing…

g by marking on thin paper, or other transparent substance, the lines of a pattern placed beneath; also, the copy thus producted.

To cause to turn; to bend. [R.] Not far beneath i' the valley as she trends Her silver stream. W. Browne.

he devisee or grantee shall convey it, or dispose of the profits, at the will, or for the benefit, of another; an estate held for the use of another; a confidence respecting property reposed in one person, who is termed the trustee, for the benefit of another, who is called the cestui que trust.

A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process. Trustee process (Law), a proc…

o turn so as to bring the bottom side on top; as, to turn up the trump. (b) To bring from beneath to the surface, as in plowing, digging, etc. (c) To give an upward curve to; to tilt; as, to turn up the nose. -- To turn upon, to retort; to throw back; as, to turn the arguments of an opponent upon himself. -- To turn…

rs. See ruddy maids, Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel. Dodsley. No more beneath soft eve's consenting star Fandango twirls his jocund castanet. Byron.

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An ecclesiastical who holds but one benefice; -- distinguished from pluralist. [Eng.] V. Knox.

Not blest; excluded from benediction; hence, accursed; wretched. "Unblessed enchanter." Milton.

Below or lower, in place or position, with the idea of being covered; lower than; beneath; -- opposed to over; as, he stood under a tree; the carriage is under cover; a cellar extends under the whole house. Fruit put in bottles, and the bottles let down into wells under water, will keep long. Bacon. Be gathered now, ye…

To bind beneath. Fairfax.

Shrubs, small trees, and the like, in a wood or forest, growing beneath large trees; undergrowth.

To cast under or beneath.

A stratum of clay lying beneath a coal bed, often containing the roots of coal plants, especially the Stigmaria.

Running beneath the surface; hidden. [R.] "Undercurrent woe." Tennyson.

To dig under or beneath; to undermine. [Obs.] Wyclif.

The filling below or beneath; the under part of a building. Sir H. Wotton.