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A little cat; a kitten. "Cat nor catling." Drummond.

Catlike; feline Drummond.

A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the water to the point of discharge.

A signal made for a parley by beat of a drum. They beat the chamade, and sent us carte blanche. Addison.

An instrument for measuring or recording intervals of time, upon a revolving drum or strip of paper moved by clockwork. The action of the stylus or pen is controlled by electricity.

ting such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery. Titian's coloring and contours. A. Drummond.

ntific subjects. Gray. These conversazioni [at Florence] resemble our card assemblies. A. Drummond.

An umbelliferous plant, the Coriandrum sativum, the fruit or seeds of which have a strong smell and a spicy taste, and in medicine are considered as stomachic and carminative.

An American fresh-water fish (Aplodinotus grunniens); -- called also drum.

cannon of the 16th century, usually an 18-pounder with serpent-shaped handles. Trump, and drum, and roaring culverin. Mac

instrument used by the ancients. It is supposed to have been similar to the modern kettle drum, though perhaps smaller.

; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter. When the drum beat at dead of night. Campbell.

's riding-horse (Zoöl.), the American mantis (Mantis Carolina). -- The Devil's tattoo, a drumming with the fingers or feet. "Jack played the Devil's tattoo on the door with his boot heels." F. Hardman (Blackw. Mag.). -- Devil worship, worship of the power of evil; -- still practiced by barbarians who believe that the…

To strip of a garland. [Poetic] "Thy locks disgarland." Drummond.

To disarrange; to derange; to put in disorder. [R.] Drummond.

g) from other things with which it might be confounded; as, to distinguish the sound of a drum. We are enabled to distinguish good from evil, as well as truth from falsehood. Watts. Nor more can you distinguish of a man, Than of his outward show. Shak.

The person or cause that produces or effects a divorce. Drummond.

in order; a diesis. -- Double drum (Mus.), a large drum that is beaten at both ends. -- Double eagle, a gold coin of the United States having the value of 20 dollars. -- Double entry. See under Bookkeeping. -- Double floor (Arch.), a floor in which binding joists support flooring joists above and ceiling joists bel…

A drum. [Obs.] Halliwell. (b) The part of the bagpipe containing the two lowest tubes, which always sound the key note and the fifth.

To make a noise by brisk drumbeats. "Now the drum dubs." Beau. & Fl.