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To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding. Tue only men that safe can ride Mine errands on the Scottish side. Sir W. Scott.

n public entertainment, consisting of music and dancing, -- held generally on fast eves. Brande & C. There are to be ridottos at guinea tickets. Walpole.

Any small upright face, as of a seat, platform, veranda, or the like.

See Roperand.

A monstrous bird of Arabian mythology. [Written also rock, and rukh.] Brande & C.

A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in its size. See Cordage.

the yarn or thread of any stuff of which the strands of a rope are made.

hich, with other inscriptions, a key was obtained to the hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt. Brande & C.

Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; -- called also service.

sorts, flights, rovers, and butt shafts. B. Jonson. At rovers, at casual marks; hence, at random; as, shooting at rovers. See def. 5 (a) above. Addison. Bound down on every side with many bands because it shall not run at rovers. Robynson (More's Utopia).

ryman's term for the upper fragmentary and decomposed portion of a mass of stone; brash. Brande & C.

One who, not being a Russian, favors Russian policy and aggrandizement. -- Rus*soph"ilism, n. [Chiefly newspaper words.]

inguishing badge of ships of the royal navy of England; -- called also the white ensign. Brande & C. -- Saint George's flag, a smaller flag resembling the ensign, but without the union jack; used as the sign of the presence and command of an admiral. [Eng.] Brande & C. -- Saint Gobain glass (Chem.), a fine variety of…

abor among the members of society, are the true remedy for the social evils which exist. Brande & C.

o, a temporary or movable pilar carrying a leading block or pulley for various purposes. Brande & C. (b) In deepwell boring, the post which supports the walking beam of the apparatus.

been variously estimated from 3,600 years to 3,600 days, or a little short of 10 years. Brande & C.

The grand adversary of man; The Devil, or Prince of darkness; the chief of the fallen angels; the archfiend. I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Luke x. 18.

liquid used in dyeing, and obtained by dissolving indigo in concentrated sulphuric acid. Brande & C. -- Saxon green (Dyeing), a green color produced by dyeing with yellow upon a ground of Saxon blue.

y a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll. Brande & C.

, a. Cruising at random on the ocean.