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ported on casters and having a pencil attached. The characters produced by the pencil on paper, while the hand rests on the instrument and it is allowed to move, are sometimes translated as of oracular or supernatural import.

To calender; as, to plate paper.

The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.

A machine for calendering paper.

To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. See Plow, n., 5.

A high, tapering silk hat. [Slang, U.S.]

A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing. Plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line.

A small book or case for carrying papers, money, etc., in the pocket; also, a notebook for the pocket.

Anything which tapers to a sharp, well-defined termination. Specifically: A small promontory or cape; a tract of land extending into the water beyond the common shore line.

A switch made up of a rail from each track, both rails being tapered far back and connected to throw alongside the through rail of either track.

A voluntary engagement, or a paper containing it; a promise. Bp. Burnet.

thick opaque color is applied without background and with scarcely any shading, to thin paper, producing flowers, birds, etc., in imitation of Oriental work. Hence: Poonah brush, paper, painter, etc.

g suddenly and unexpectedly to notice; as, to pop one's head in at the door. He popped a paper into his hand. Milton.

A copy of a print, writing, etc., made by placing it upon a chemically prepared paper which is acted upon by a gas which permeates the paper of the print, writing, etc.

A case of strong paper filled with a composition of niter, sulphur, and mealed powder, -- used principally to ignite the priming in proving guns, and as an incendiary material in shells.

A portable case for holding loose papers, prints, drawings, etc.

ce in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect; to arrange the posture and drapery of (a person) in a studied manner; as, to pose a model for a picture; to pose a sitter for a portrait.

A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under Paper. Post and pair, an old game at cards, in which each player a hand of three cards. B. Jonson. -- Post bag, a mail bag. -- Post bill, a bill of letters mailed by a postmaster. -- Post chaise, or Post coach, a carriage usually with four wheels, for the con…

A date put to a bill of exchange or other paper, later than that when it was actually made.

A size of paper. See Pott. Jack pot. See under 2d Jack. -- Pot cheese, cottage cheese. See under Cottage. -- Pot companion, a companion in drinking. -- Pot hanger, a pothook. -- Pot herb, any plant, the leaves or stems of which are boiled for food, as spinach, lamb's-quarters, purslane, and many others. -- Pot hun…