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A quire; a book. [Obs.] " The king's quhair." James I. (of Scotland).

To furnish as a portion; to allot. [R.] This isle . . . He quarters to his blue-haired deities. Milton.

A coil; a twirl; as, the qwerl of hair on the fore leg of a blooded horse. [Local, U. S.]

A tail-like appendage of hair; a pigtail.

A rod or stick used by masons in mixing hair with mortar.

Belonging to, or proceeding from, the root of a plant; as, radical tubers or hairs.

roll. It is usually shaped with reference to vertical strength, and is held in place by chairs, splices, etc.

d closely related to the litchi nut. It is bright red, oval in shape, covered with coarse hairs (whence the name), and contains a pleasant acid pulp. Called also ramboostan.

A round between the legs of a chair.

A round and tapering mass of hair, or similar material, used by women to support the puffs and rolls of their natural hair. [Local, U.S.]

and Australian. They are exceedingly tough, and are used for walking sticks, wickerwork, chairs and seats of chairs, cords and cordage, and many other purposes.

To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force. These hairs which thou dost ravish from my chin Will quicken, and accuse thee. Shak. This hand shall ravish thy pretended right. Dryden.

A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or the head. "Take thee a barber's rasor." Ezek. v. 1.

combined; a recipe; as, a receipt for making sponge cake. She had a receipt to make white hair black. Sir T. Browne.

Strict adherence to official formalities. J. C. Shairp.

A person having red hair.

l. -- Re*flect"ive*ly, adv. -- Re*flect"ive*ness, n. "Reflectiveness of manner." J. C. Shairp.

motion, as: (a) The lever or index in a watch, which controls the effective length of the hairspring, and thus regulates the vibrations of the balance. (b) The governor of a steam engine. (c) A valve for controlling the admission of steam to the steam chest, in a locomotive.

A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair, and rendered pliable, -- used for twisting into ropes, etc. [South Africa] Simmonds.

To seat or set again, as on a chair, throne, etc. Dryden.