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chment to, or tender or passionate affection for, one of the opposite sex. He on his side Leaning half-raised, with looks of cordial love Hung over her enamored. Milton.

an may descend or creep into a drain, sewer, steam boiler, parts of machinery, etc., for cleaning or repairing.

ic of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or similar material, used for wiping and cleaning shoes at the door, for covering the floor of a hall or room, and for other purposes.

Originally, a wig; afterwards, a mop for cleaning cannon.

A brush for cleaning the nails.

rom dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan. [U. S.] We . . . witnessed the process of cleaning up and panning out, which is the last process of separating the pure gold from the fine dirt and black sand. Gen. W. T. Sherman.

w (Zoöl.), a claw having a serrate edge, found in some birds, and supposed to be used in cleaning the feathers.

Leaning; overhanging. "Penthouse lid." Shak. "My penthouse eyebrows." Dryden.

A cloth, or other material, for wiping off or cleaning ink from a pen.

A priming wire for cleaning the vent.

nd of Christmas holidays. -- Plow staff. (a) A kind of long-handled spade or paddle for cleaning the plowshare; a paddle staff. (b) A plow handle. -- Snow plow, a structure, usually

A machine for straightening and cleaning wool.

The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the state Police commissioner, a civil officer, usually one of a board, commissioned to regulate and control the appointment, duties, and discipline of the police. -- Police constable, or Police officer, a policeman. -- Police court, a minor court to try persons brought before i…

metals. (b) A kind of hone or whetstone; hone slate. -- Polishing snake, a tool used in cleaning lithographic stones. -- Polishing wheel, a wheel or disk coated with, or composed of, abrading material, for polishing a surface.

An opinion or judgment formed without due examination; prejudgment; a leaning toward one side of a question from other considerations than those belonging to it; an unreasonable predilection for, or objection against, anything; especially, an opinion or leaning adverse to anything, without just grounds, or before suffi…

Leaning forward; -- said of certain monosyllabic words which are so closely attached to the following word as not to have a separate accent.

Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness. Hooker. -- Pro*pense"ly, adv. -- Pro*pense"ness, n.

Bending or leaning backward.

The act of leaning or reclining, or the state of being reclined.

Having a reclining posture; leaning; reclining. [R.] They sat, recline On the soft downy bank, damasked with flowers. Milton.