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bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of pliable material, as cloth, leather, and the like; a large pouch.

The materials for making saddles and harnesses; the articles usually offered for sale in a saddler's shop.

discharging arch. See under Discharge, v. t. -- Safety belt, a belt made of some buoyant material, or which is capable of being inflated, so as to enable a person to float in water; a life preserver. -- Safety buoy, a buoy to enable a person to float in water; a safety belt. -- Safety cage (Mach.), a cage for an ele…

Solidofied material in a furnace hearth. Giant salamander. (Zoöl.) See under Giant. -- Salamander's hair or wool (Min.), a species of asbestus or mineral flax. [Obs.] Bacon.

Formerly a large vessel, now a small vessel of glass or other material, used for holding salt on the table.

A whitish substance which is cast up, as a scum, from the materials of glass in fusion, and, floating on the top, is skimmed off; -- called also glass gall. [Formerly written also sandever.]

A name applied by Dujardin in 1835 to the gelatinous material forming the bodies of the lowest animals; protoplasm.

nditure; to prevent waste; to be economical. Brass ordnance saveth in the quantity of the material. Bacon.

steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing.

ry structure of timber, boards, etc., for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle upon, for holding the spectators at a show, etc. Pardon, gentles all, The flat, unraised spirits that have dared On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object. Shak.…

Materials for building scaffolds.

Hence, any layer or leaf of metal or other material, resembling in size and thinness the scale of a fish; as, a scale of iron, of bone, etc.

fully; not plentifully; sparingly; parsimoniously. His mind was very scantily stored with materials. Macaulay.

coria or slag; specifically, in assaying, to fuse so as to separate the gangue and earthy material, with borax, lead, soda, etc., thus leaving the gold and silver in a lead button; hence, to separate from, or by means of, a slag.

d off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion. I have no materials -- not a scrap. De Quincey.

s works of sculpture, his first studies and his finished model being usually in a plastic material, from which model the marble is cut, or the bronze is cast.

other things; hence, the art of producing figures and groups, whether in plastic or hard materials.

A compound of the resinous materials, pigments, etc., used as a material for seals, as for letters, documents, etc.

; the pelt of a seal prepared for use, esp. of the fur seal; also, a garment made of this material.

The act of making seats; also, the material for making seats; as, cane seating.