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etc. "Brave Macbeth . . . with his brandished steel." Shak. While doubting thus he stood, Received the steel bathed in his brother's blood. Dryden.

In general, a framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.

, or an iron bar or beam, erected on the extremity of the keel to support the rudder, and receive the ends of the planks or plates of the vessel.

That part of a pistil which has no epidermis, and is fitted to receive the pollen. It is usually the terminal portion, and is commonly somewhat glutinous or viscid. See Illust. of Stamen and of Flower.

now present; now no less than before; yet. It hath been anciently reported, and is still received. Bacon.

One who receives a stipend. If thou art become A tyrant's vile stipendiary. Glover.

, or kill with stones. And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. Acts vii. 59.

One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor. To honor and receive Our heavenly stranger. Milton.

olt with threads on both ends, to be screwed permanently into a fixed part at one end and receive a nut upon the other; -- called also standing bolt.

That which sullies or defiles. [Obs.] It is the privilege of the celestial luminaries to receive no tincture, sullage, or difilement from the most noisome sinks and dunghills here below. South.

he earth and planets revolve, by which they are held in their orbits, and from which they receive light and heat. Its mean distance from the earth is about 92,500,000 miles, and its diameter about 860,000.

A collection of traditions received by the orthodox Mohammedans as of equal authority with the Koran.

One of the orthodox Mohammedans who receive the Sunna as of equal importance with the Koran.

ine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of. You never will supplant the received ideas of God. Landor.

To imagine; to believe; to receive as true. How easy is a bush supposed a bear! Shak. Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men, the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead. 2 Sam. xiii. 32.

One who takes or admits; one who receives. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

e act or manner of a swaggerer. He gave a half swagger, half leer, as he stepped forth to receive us. W. Irving.

To take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or drink. As if I had swallowed snowballs for pills. Shak.

Share; allotment. [Obs.] The persons who are to be judged . . . shall all appear to receive their symbol. Jer. Taylor.

In a somewhat passive sense, to receive; to bear; to endure; to acknowledge; to accept. Specifically: --