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A tower in which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies, the approach of danger, or the like.

A piece of plank placed in a porthole, or other opening, to keep out water.

ows in size, colors, and shape of the bill. They construct pensile nests composed of interlaced grass and other similar materials. In some of the species the nest is retort-shaped, with the opening at the bottom of the tube. -- Weavers' shuttle (Zoöl.), an East Indian marine univalve shell (Radius volva); -- so called…

urse; one who uses shifts and evasions in argument; hence, a trifler. Every whiffler in a laced coat who frequents the chocolate house shall talk of the constitution. Swift.

A small gate or door, especially one forming part of, or placed near, a larger door or gate; a narrow opening or entrance cut in or beside a door or gate, or the door which is used to close such entrance or aperture. Piers Plowman. "Heaven's wicket." Milton. And so went to the high street, . . . and came to the great t…

A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment. at will. Wince pit, Wince pot, a tank or a pit where cloth in the process of dyeing or manufacture is washed, dipped in a mordant, or the li…

A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper. [Prov. Eng.]

In a working position or manner; as, a T rail placed workwise, i.e., resting on its base.

An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest (see Illust. of Crest). It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the arms.

Designed to be worn or placed inward; as, the wrong side of a garment or of a piece of cloth.

e Anglo-Saxon, or Old English, alphabet. It had the value of modern English w, and was replaced from about a. d. 1280 at first by uu, later by w.

rd than in a sloop and carrying a mainsail and jibs, with a jigger mast far aft, usually placed abaft the rudder post.