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The forehead; the part of the cranium between the orbits and the vertex.

Capable of being funded, or converted into a fund; convertible into bonds.

A vessel of the shape of an inverted hollow cone, terminating below in a pipe, and used for conveying liquids into a close vessel; a tunnel.

The vertical triangular portion of the end of a building, from the level of the cornice or eaves to the ridge of the roof. Also, a similar end when not triangular in shape, as of a gambrel roof and the like. Hence:

To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid. I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. Luke xxi. 15. The just gods gainsay That any drop thou borrow'dst from thy mother, My sacred aunt, should by my mortal sword Be drained. Shak.…

tterness; rancor. He hath . . . compassed me with gall and travail. Lam. iii. 5. Comedy diverted without gall. Dryden.

f crushed or ground siliceous stone, mixed with fire clay; -- used for lining Bessemer converters; also used for macadamizing roads.

To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account.

The act or process of converting into gas.

To convert into gas, or an aëriform fluid, as by the application of heat, or by chemical processes.

ckonidæ. The geckoes are small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and vertical, elliptical pupils. Their toes are generally expanded, and furnished with adhesive disks, by which they can run over walls and ceilings. They are numerous in warm countries, and a few species are found in Europe and the U…

Capable of being congealed; capable of being converted into jelly.

To convert into gelatin, or into a substance resembling jelly.

The act of process of converting into gelatin, or a substance like jelly.

To convert into gelatin or jelly. Same as Gelatinate, v. t.

Butter clarified by boiling, and thus converted into a kind of oil. [India] Malcom.

A disease of sheep, characterized by vertigo; the staggers. It is caused by the presence of the CC.

rcal tail, paired fins without an axis, fulcra on the fins, and a bony skeleton, with the vertebræ convex in front and concave behind, forming a ball and socket joint. See Ganoidel.

A thick muscular stomach found in many invertebrate animals.

To convert into, or cover with, ice.