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A mandrel in lathe turning. Knight. Arbor Day, a day appointed for planting trees and shrubs. [U.S.]

Formerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other services. In later use, one next in degree to a knight, and entitled to armorial bearings. The term is now superseded by esquire. Jacob.

Formerly, one who had care of the arms and armor of a knight, and who dressed him in armor. Shak.

Of or pertaining to King Arthur or his knights. J. R. Symonds.

f freestone as brought from the quarry. When hammer-dressed it is known as common ashlar. Knight.

ome undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor. Assist me, knight. I am undone! Shak.

An assembly of knights and other substantial men, with a bailiff or justice, in a certain place and at a certain time, for public business. [Obs.]

To receive or adopt. The sixth was a young knight of lesser renown and lower rank, assumed into that honorable company. Sir W. Scott.

connecting the charge chamber with the gallery, or place where the slow match is applied. Knight.

A type or block containing a facsimile of an autograph. Knight.

An instrument for the instantaneous self-recording or printing of time. Knight.

A kind of French stewpan with a steamtight lid. Knight.

A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field; often, a young knight.

The body of young aspirants for knighthood. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight. [Obs.] He by the heels him hung upon a tree, And baffled so, that all which passed by The picture of his punishment might see. Spenser.

weights suspended from one arm, the mutual attraction of oppositely electrified surfaces. Knight. -- Balance fish. (Zoöl) See Hammerhead. -- Balance knife, a carving or table knife the handle of which overbalances the blade, and so keeps it from contact with the table. -- Balance of power. (Politics), such an adjust…

To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles. [Obs.] Ten thousand bold Scots, two and twenty knights, Balk'd in their own blood did Sir Walter see. Shak.

ermits lateral deflection of the arbor or shaft, while retaining the pivot in its socket. Knight. -- Ball lever, the lever used in a ball cock. -- Ball of the eye, the eye itself, as distinguished from its lids and socket; -- formerly, the pupil of the eye. -- Ball valve (Mach.), a contrivance by which a ball, place…

A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ. Knight.

Originally, a knight who led his vassals into the field under his own banner; -- commonly used as a title of rank.