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ing of the leveling staff in its unchanged position when the leveling instrument has been taken to a new position; a sight directed backwards to a station previously occupied. Cf. Foresight, n., 3.

A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.

nces footing up equally, if the system of accounts be complete and the balances correctly taken. -- Balance thermometer, a thermometer mounted as a balance so that the movement of the mercurial column changes the indication of the tube. With the aid of electrical or mechanical devices adapted to it, it is used for the…

The last reef in a fore-and-aft sail, taken to steady the ship.

To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.

In France, a second ballot taken after an indecisive first ballot to decide between two or several candidates.

t by which political rights and privileges, as those of a prince, city, or district, were taken away.

law by which the property of a person who is unable or unwilling to pay his debts may be taken and distributed to his creditors, and by which a person who has made a full surrender of his property, and is free from fraud, may be discharged from the legal obligation of his debts. See Insolvent, a.

ished or scantily furnished; -- used with of (rarely with in) before the thing wanting or taken away; as, a room bare of furniture. "A bare treasury." Dryden.

ts, is able to reach the first base without being put out. -- Base line. (a) A main line taken as a base, as in surveying or in military operations. (b) A line traced round a cannon at the rear of the vent. -- Base plate, the foundation plate of heavy machinery, as of the steam engine; the bed plate. -- Base ring (O…

A church building of the earlier centuries of Christianity, the plan of which was taken from the basilica of the Romans. The name is still applied to some churches by way of honorary distinction.

The art of making baskets; also, baskets, taken collectively.

An unidentified substance mentioned in the Bible (Gen. ii. 12, and Num. xi. 7), variously taken to be a gum, a precious stone, or pearls, or perhaps a kind of amber found in Arabia.

Delayed beyond the usual time; too late; overtaken by night; benighted. "Some belated peasant." Milton. -- Be*lat"ed*ness, n. Milton.

The material of which belts for machinery are made; also, belts, taken collectively.

s word) which may be used in the order for morning prayer in the Church of England. It is taken from an apocryphal addition to the third chapter of Daniel.

To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; -- with of before the person or thing taken away. Madam, you have bereft me of all words. Shak. Bereft of him who taught me how to sing. Tickell.

se); to plight one's troth to. What man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her Deut. xx. 7.

A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.

A point taken by the receiver of odds in the game of tennis; also, an extra innings allowed to a weaker player in croquet.