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te helper. "A yearly hired servant." Lev. xxv. 53. Men in office have begun to think themselves mere agents and servants of the appointing power, and not agents of the government or the country. D. Webster.

The handle or helve of certain tools, instruments, etc., as a hammer, a whip, etc.

cephalus) found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It often weighs from ten to twelve pounds.

e of rocks, rendering the water shallow, and dangerous to ships. On the tawny sands and shelves. Milton. On the secret shelves with fury cast. Dryden.

Abounding in shelves; full of dangerous shallows. "A shelfy coast." Dryden.

To betake to cover, or to a safe place; -- used reflexively. They sheltered themselves under a rock. Abp. Abbot.

The act of fitting up shelves; as, the job of shelving a closet.

ts for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage. Men in distress will look to themselves, and leave their companions to schift as well as they can. L'Estrange.

A silver coin, and money of account, of Great Britain and its dependencies, equal to twelve pence, or the twentieth part of a pound, equivalent to about twenty-four cents of the United States currency.

r heard the call of any vocation, . . . that shirk living from others, but time from Yourselves. Bp. Rainbow.

rain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stook. And cause it on shocks to be by and by set. Tusser. Behind the master walks, builds up the shocks. Thomson.

y. They were made of fine flour unleavened, and were changed every Sabbath. The loaves, twelve in number, represented the twelve tribes of Israel. They were to be eaten by the priests only, and in the Holy Place. [Written also shewbread.] Mark ii. 26.

follows: Animal cells and bacteria are complex aggregations of molecules, which are themselves complex. Complex molecules react with one another through certain of their side chains, but only when these side chains have a definite correspondence in structure (this account for the specific action of antitoxins).…

A piece of dining-room furniture having compartments and shelves for keeping or displaying articles of table service. At a stately sideboard, by the wine, That fragrant smell diffused. Milton.

ignificative; but what they represent is as certainly delivered to us as the symbols themselves. Brerewood. Saint George of Merry England, the sign of victory. Spenser.

sh. It is this passion which drives men to all the ways we see in use of signalizing themselves. Burke.

Fig.: Equipped; strengthened. When he sees Ourselves well sinewed to our defense. Shak.

An English silver coin of the value of six pennies; half a shilling, or about twelve cents.

; -- often used reflexively and followed by round. [Colloq.] They laughed, and slued themselves round. Dickens.

part of the dorsal fin of fishes when supported by soft rays. -- Soft grass. (Bot.) See Velvet grass. -- Soft money, paper money, as distinguished from coin, or hard money. [Colloq. U.S.] -- Soft mute. (Phonetics) See Media. -- Soft palate. See the Note under Palate. -- Soft ray (Zoöl.), a fin ray which is articula…