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(Print.) In some cylinder presses, a device with long fingers for freeing the sheet from the cylinder.

iece of polished horn, wood, or metal used to facilitate the entrance of the foot into a shoe.

Destitute of shoes. Addison.

One whose occupation it is to make shoes and boots.

The business of a shoemaker.

One who fits shoes to the feet; one who furnishes or puts on shoes; as, a shoer of horses.

A slipper. Halliwell.

A slight frame of wood three or four feet long and about one third as wide, with thongs or cords stretched across it, and having a support and holder for the foot; -- used by persons for walking on soft snow.

Traveling on snowshoes.

One who travels on snowshoes; an expert in using snowshoes. W. G. Beers.

Abnormally frequent involuntary emission of the semen without copulation.

A curious vegetable production of the Southern Atlantic United States, growing under ground like a truffle and often attaining immense size. The real nature is unknown. Called also Indian bread, and Indian loaf.

Of or pertaining to Typhoeus (ti*fo"us), the fabled giant of Greek mythology, having a hundred heads; resembling Typhoeus.

The process of treating silver ores by grinding in pans or tubs with the addition of mercury, and sometimes of chemicals such as blue vitriol and salt.

Whatever person; any person who; be or she who; any one who; as, he shall be punished, whoever he may be. "Whoever envies or repines." Milton. "Whoever the king favors." Shak.

A genus of endogenous plants, native to Australia, having a thick, sometimes arborescent, stem, and long grasslike leaves. See Grass tree.

rticulation; and the Greeks took it to represent their vowel Alpha with the ä sound, the Phoenician alphabet having no vowel symbols. This letter, in English, is used for several different vowel sounds. See Guide to pronunciation, §§ 43-74. The regular long a, as in fate, etc., is a comparatively modern sound, and has…

Any stock of missiles, literal or figurative. Ammunition bread, shoes, etc., such as are contracted for by government, and supplied to the soldiers. [Eng.]

he name of his mistress in the dust, or upon the damp earth, with letters fixed upon his shoe. Southey.

By reflection; as, echoes are sound produced anacamptically. Hutton.