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A strap used to fasten together parts of armor, to hold the shield by, and the like. Fairholt.

sons, are chanted or read; hence, a reading desk. [Written also lectern and lettern]. Fairholt.

An instrument, devised by Professor Helmholtz, for testing the color perception of the eye, or for comparing different lights, as to their constituent color or their relative whiteness.

A black pigment which dries rapidly when mixed with oil, and is of intense body. Fairholt.

t in malice." Shak. Envy, hatred, and malice are three distinct passions of the mind. Ld. Holt.

one side of the head pointed; -- used by horsemen in the Middle Ages to break armor. Fairholt.

been made in many forms, the present form being a lofty cap with two points or peaks. Fairholt.

A clasp for fastening garments in front. Fairholt.

That part of a landscape which recedes from the spectator into distance. [R.] Fairholt.

sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery. Fairholt.

An instrument devised by Helmholtz for measuring the size of a reflected image on the convex surface of the cornea and lens of the eye, by which their curvature can be ascertained.

her somilar plants. The rank of osiers by the murmuring stream. Shak. Osier bed, or Osier holt, a place where willows are grown for basket making. [Eng.] -- Red osier. (a) A kind of willow with reddish twigs (Salix rubra). (b) An American shrub (Cornus stolonifera) which has slender red branches; -- also called osier c…

f the plates covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows. Fairholt.

s of art; especially, the green rust which covers ancient bronzes, coins, and medals. Fairholt.

ometimes screened also an archer with it. [Written also pavais, pavese, and pavesse.] Fairholt.

A kind of kerchief formerly worn by Englishwomen. [Obs.] Fairholt.

erwashed drawings, by singeing the surface of wood with a heated poker or other iron. Fairholt.

Illust. of Capsule. California poppy (Bot.), any yellow-flowered plant of the genus Eschscholtzia. -- Corn poppy. See under Corn. -- Horn, or Horned, poppy. See under Horn. -- Poppy bee (Zoöl.), a leaf-cutting bee (Anthocopa papaveris) which uses pieces cut from poppy petals for the lining of its cells; -- called al…

powder, sometimes used by mediæval artists, for the sake of economy, instead of gold. Fairholt.

A light kind of crossbow; -- in the sense, often spelled prodd. Fairholt.