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One who constructs barricades.

The number from which a mathematical table is constructed; as, the base of a system of logarithms.

rom the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flank of one with the adjacent f…

of the face, whether forming a part of the helmet or fixed to the breastplate. It was so constructed (with joints or otherwise) that the wearer could raise or lower it to eat and drink.

A shallow chamber vessel, so constructed that it can be used by a sick person in bed.

The wax secreted by bees, and of which their cells are constructed.

A small building, or a part of a building, more or less open, constructed in a place commanding a fine prospect.

many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc. See Asphalt.

The exhaust pipe of a steam engine, or any pipe delivering steam or air, when so constructed as to cause a blast.

A spool or reel of various material and construction, with a head at one or both ends, and sometimes with a hole bored through its length by which it may be placed on a spindle or pivot. It is used to hold yarn or thread, as in spinning or warping machines, looms, sewing machines, etc.

e net is now confined to point net, warp net, and bobbin net, so called from the peculiar construction of the machines by which they are produced. Tomlinsom.

ustralian bird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus or holosericeus), allied to the starling, which constructs singular bowers or playhouses of twigs and decorates them with brightcolored objects; the satin bird.

cial or Drift epoch, often containing large numbers of bowlders. -- Bowlder wall, a wall constructed of large stones or bowlders.

To lay or pave with bricks; to surround, line, or construct with bricks.

A long carriage, with a calash top, so constructed as to give space for reclining at night, when used on a journey.

Constructed or used to brush with; as a brushing machine.

To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise. Nor aught availed him now To have built in heaven high towers. Milton.

The act of constructing, erecting, or establishing. Hence it is that the building of our Sion rises no faster. Bp. Hall.

Formed; shaped; constructed; made; -- often used in composition and preceded by the word denoting the form; as, frigate-built, clipper-built, etc. Like the generality of Genoese countrywomen, strongly built. Landor.

A car used on freight or construction trains for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car. [U. S.]