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's table; a visitor entertained without pay. To cheer his gueste, whom he had stayed that night. Spenser. True friendship's laws are by this rule exprest. Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest. Pope.

pulley (Mach.), a pulley for directing or changing the line of motion of belt; an idler. Knight. -- Guide rail (Railroads), an additional rail, between the others, gripped by horizontal driving wheels on the locomotive, as a means of propulsion on steep gradients.

A pickax with one sharp point and one cutting edge. Knight.

t, when projected from a spring trap. It is used as a flying target in shooting matches. Knight.

Ridden by a hag or witch; hence, afflicted with nightmare. Beattie. Cheyne.

To lodge, or abide for a time; to take shelter, as in a harbor. For this night let's harbor here in York. Shak.

Shelter; entertainment.[R.] Where can I get me harborage for the night Tennyson.

A harlot; a strumpet; a baggage. [Obs.] He sups to-night with a harlotry. Shak.

Tiles laid at the eaves of a house. Knight.

That end of a stone or brick which is presented outward. Knight. Heading course (Arch.), a course consisting only of headers. See Header, n. 3 (a). -- Heading joint. (a) (Carp.) A joint, as of two or more boards, etc., at right angles to the grain of the wood. (b) (Masonry) A joint between two roussoirs in the same co…

or, placed at the head of a locomotive, or in front of it, to throw light on the track at night, or in going through a dark tunnel.

wing the warp threads through the heddle-eyes of a weaver's harness; the harness itself. Knight.

A form of dredging machine. Knight. Hedgehog caterpillar (Zoöl.), the hairy larvæ of several species of bombycid moths, as of the Isabella moth. It curls up like a hedgehog when disturbed. See Woolly bear, and Isabella moth. -- Hedgehog fish (Zoöl.), any spinose plectognath fish, esp. of the genus Diodon; the porcupin…

as belladonna. It is poisonous to domestic fowls; whence the name. Called also, stinking nightshade, from the fetid odor of the plant. See Hyoscyamus.

A measure of two hanks of linen thread. [Scot.] [Written also hasp.] Knight.

The daughters of Hesperus, or Night (brother of Atlas), and fabled possessors of a garden producing golden apples, in Africa, at the western extremity of the known world. To slay the guarding dragon and get some of these apples was one of the labors of Hercules. Called also Atlantides.

A reaping hook. Knight.

ation denoting state, condition, quality, character, totality, as in manhood, childhood, knighthood, brotherhood. Sometimes it is written, chiefly in obsolete words, in the form - head.

To make the peculiar cry of an owl. The clamorous owl that nightly hoots. Shak.

A table showing the length of the days and nights at all places. Heyse.