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In a moderate manner or degree; to a moderate extent. Each nymph but moderately fair. Waller.

A hole in the wall of a pottery kiln, by which the state of the pieces within can be judged.

A narrow board nailed against the wall of a room next to the floor; skirting board; baseboard. See Baseboard.

A hole made by a mouse, for passage or abode, as in a wall; hence, a very small hole like that gnawed by a mouse.

May; can. "Thou mow now escapen." [Obs.] Chaucer. Our walles mowe not make hem resistence. Chaucer.

mmy or gelatinous substance produced in certain plants by the action of water on the cell wall, as in the seeds of quinces, of flax, etc.

usly supposed to kill live stock, in the southern United States, by stinging or by being swallowed; as:

A tax or toll paid for building or repairing the walls of a fortified town.

Of or pertaining to a wall; being on, or in, a wall; growing on, or against, a wall; as, a mural quadrant. "Mural breach." Milton. "Mural fruit." Evelyn.

A wall. [Obs.] Shak.

One who had charge of the wall of a town, or its repairs.

A small animal of Java (Paradoxirus fasciatus), allied to the civets. It swallows, but does not digest, large quantities of ripe coffee berries, thus serving to disseminate the coffee plant; hence it is called also coffee rat.

A long movable shed used by besiegers in ancient times in attacking the walls of a fortified town.

A gap or hole in a hedge, hence, wall, or the like, through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset. Find a hare without a muse. Old Prov.

The main substance of the muscular wall of the heart inclosed between the epicardium and endocardium.

Without a name; not having been given a name; as, a nameless star. Waller.

. -- Needle beam (Arch.), to shoring, the horizontal cross timber which goes through the wall or a pier, and upon which the weight of the wall rests, when a building is shored up to allow of alterations in the lower part. -- Needle furze (Bot.), a prickly leguminous plant of Western Europe; the petty whin (Genista An…

A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament. hence, any similar position, literal or figurative. Images defended from the injuries of the weather by niches of stone wherein they are placed. Evelun.

te of calcium, a substance having a grayish white color, occuring in efforescences on old walls, and in limestone caves, especially where there exists decaying animal matter.

A wooden block, of the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork.