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Having furrowed edges, as if turned in a lathe.

Motley. The ordinary salutations, and other points of social behavior, are conventional. Latham.

The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed. Knight.

ce is the space contained between a cycloid and its base. Cycloidal engine. See Geometric lathe.

atalea. The larvæ are often destructive to the foliage of fruit trees, etc. -- Dagger of lath, the wooden weapon given to the Vice in the old Moralities. Shak. -- Double dagger, a mark of reference [||] which comes next in order after the dagger. -- To look, or speak, daggers, to look or speak fiercely or reproachfu…

Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle. Dead ahead (Naut.), directly ahead; -- said of a ship or any object, esp. of the wind when blowing from that point toward which a vessel would go. -- Dead angle (Mil.), an angle or space which can not be seen or defended from behind the…

Arbuthnot. In pharmacy decoction is opposed to infusion, where there is merely steeping. Latham.

wheeled carriage for one horse; a kind of gig. ("The term and vehicle common about 1825." Latham.)

s object has such a term to denote it, but telling us nothing as to any single attribute. Latham.

being detected or found out; as, parties not detectable. "Errors detectible at a glance." Latham.

Relating to discipline. Latham.

so, Mr. Jobson. -- but I do say so." Sir W. Scott. "I did love him, but scorn him now." Latham. (c) In negative and interrogative constructions, do and did are in common use. I do not wish to see them; what do you think Did Cæsar cross the Tiber He did not. "Do you love me" Shak. (d) Do, as an auxiliary, is supposed…

A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine tool.

Cunning; wary. [Slang, Eng.] Latham.

Area or district drained; as, the drainage of the Po, the Thames, etc. Latham.

garments; to pay particular regard to dress; as, to dress quickly. "To dress for a ball." Latham. To flaunt, to dress, to dance, to thrum. Tennyson . To dress to the right, To dress to the left, To dress on the center (Mil.), to form alignment with reference to the soldier on the extreme right, or in the center, of the…

An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier.

ch escapement, in which the scape-wheel has two sets of teeth. See Escapement. -- Duplex lathe, one for turning off, screwing, and surfacing, by means of two cutting tools, on opposite sides of the piece operated upon. -- Duplex pumping engine, a steam pump in which two steam cylinders are placed side by side, one op…

a little, or to receive the lowest course of tiles; -- called also eaves catch and eaves lath. -- Eaves channel, Eaves gutter, Eaves trough. Same as Gutter,

s blaze. Savage. Eccentric anomaly. (Astron.) See Anomaly. -- Eccentric chuck (Mach.), a lathe chuck so constructed that the work held by it may be altered as to its center of motion, so as to produce combinations of eccentric combinations of eccentric circles. -- Eccentric gear. (Mach.) (a) The whole apparatus, stra…