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A cupping glass to which are attached a scarificator and an exhausting syringe. Dunglison.

part of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.

In a balloon, the braced wooden ring attached to the suspension ropes at the bottom, functionally analogous to the keel of a ship.

A bell tower, usually attached to a church or other building, but sometimes separate; a campanile.

em.), a closed chain or ring, consisting of six carbon atoms, each with one hydrogen atom attached, regarded as the type from which the aromatic compounds are derived. This ring formula is provisionally accepted as representing the probable constitution of the benzene molecule, C6H6, and as the type on which its deriva…

In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the eucharist is made. Audsley.

Obstinately and blindly attached to some creed, opinion practice, or ritual; unreasonably devoted to a system or party, and illiberal toward the opinions of others. "Bigoted to strife." Byron.

ble-edged, hook-shaped blade, having a short pike at the back and another at the top, and attached to the end of a long staff. France had no infantry that dared to face the English bows end bills. Macaulay.

A metallic post attached to electrical apparatus for convenience in making connections.

truck for railroad rolling stock, consisting of two ordinary axle boxes sliding in guides attached to a triangular frame; -- called also pony truck.

rominences called teeth. The shell is closed by the contraction of two transverse muscles attached to the inner surface, as in the clam, -- or by one, as in the oyster. See Mollusca.

the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten. The destruction of the coloring matters attached to the bodies to be bleached is effected either by the action of the air and light, of chlorine, or of sulphurous acid. Ure. Immortal liberty, whose look sublime Hath bleached the tyrant's cheek in every varying clime. Sm…

ased in a frame or shell which is provided with a hook, eye, or strap, by which it may be attached to an object. It is used to change the direction of motion, as in raising a heavy object that can not be conveniently reached, and also, when two or more such sheaves are compounded, to change the rate of motion, or to ex…

A small piece of cork or light wood attached to a fishing line to show when a fish is biting; a float.

f missile weapon consisting of one, two, or more balls of stone, iron, or other material, attached to the ends of a leather cord; -- used by the Gauchos of South America, and others, for hurling at and entangling an animal.

One attached to the policy or family of Bonaparte, or of the Bonapartes.

A student closely attached to books or addicted to study; a reader without appreciation. I wanted but a black gown and a salary to be as mere a bookworm as any there. Pope.

A long, stout fishing line to which many hooks are attached.

A class of Molluscoidea having a symmetrical bivalve shell, often attached by a fleshy peduncle.

ting from the face of a wall, column, or the like. Bracket light, a gas fixture or a lamp attached to a wall, column, etc.