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together like a rope, in a direction contrary to that in which the singles of which it is composed are twisted. M'Culloch. -- Thrown singles, silk thread or cord made by three processes of twisting, first into singles, two or more of which are twisted together making dumb singles, and several of these twisted together…

A surface covered with tiles, or composed of tiles. They . . . let him down through the tiling. Luke v. 19.

branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a vertical direction. One timber is composed of several pieces united. Timber and room. (Shipbuilding) Same as Room and space. See under Room. -- Timber beetle (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of beetles the larvæ of which bore in timber; as, the silky timber b…

a uniform structure and a specialized function, of which ordinary animals and plants are composed; a texture; as, epithelial tissue; connective tissue.

y consist usually of urate of sodium; when occurring in the internal organs they are also composed of phosphate of calcium.

chstone for the trial of spirits. South. Irish touchstone (Min.), basalt, the stone which composes the Giant's Causeway.

Composed of, or like, tow.

Of or pertaining to a trabecula or trabeculæ; composed of trabeculæ.

yles of vaulting, the ribs of the vault giving off the minor bars of which the tracery is composed.

To translate from one language to another; as, to traduce and compose works. [Obs.] Golden Boke.

A dramatic poem, composed in elevated style, representing a signal action performed by some person or persons, and having a fatal issue; that species of drama which represents the sad or terrible phases of character and life. Tragedy is to say a certain storie, As olde bookes maken us memorie, Of him that stood in grea…

To render tranquil; to allay when agitated; to compose; to make calm and peaceful; as, to tranquilize a state disturbed by factions or civil commotions; to tranquilize the mind.

k, into a piece for the piano; an adaptation; an arrangement; -- a name applied by modern composes for the piano to a more or less fanciful and ornate reproduction on their own instrument of a song or other piece not originally intended for it; as, Listzt's transcriptions of songs by Schubert.

A white to gray volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders; -- sometimes used as a cement. Hence, a coarse sort of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of water. [Formerly written also tarras, tarrace, terras.]

Like, or composed of, treacle.

ong the dead branches of evergreen trees. It constructs a triangular web, or net, usually composed of four radii crossed by a double elastic fiber. The spider holds the thread at the apex of the web and stretches it tight, but lets go and springs the net when an insect comes in contact with it.

Having three fingers or toes, or composed of three movable parts attached to a common base.

A dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, cake, wine, etc., with syllabub poured over it.

A book composed of sheets so folded that each one makes thirty- two leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of book; -- usually written 32mo, or 32º, and called thirty-twomo.

A variety of anhydrite composed of contorted plates fancied to resemble pieces of tripe.