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ring, a spring beneath a seat, and resting on cleats or blocks in the body of a vehicle. Knight.

A machine of great antiquity, used in Bengal for raising water to irrigate land. Knight.

s to go upon a right or a left hand door, the key entering on either side indifferently. Knight.

. Japanned leather,leather treated with coatings of Japan varnish, and dried in a stove. Knight.

A stone mason's tool, having a flat face and a pointed part. Knight.

The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold. Knight. Jet propeller (Naut.), a device for propelling vessels by means of a forcible jet of water ejected from the vessel, as by a centrifugal pump. -- Jet pump, a device in which a small jet of steam, air, water, or other fluid, in rapid motion, lif…

ned road in a coal mine, on which loaded cars descend by gravity, drawing up empty ones. Knight.

Merry; cheerful; gay; airy; lively; sportive. Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. Shak. Rural sports and jocund strains. Prior. -- Joc"und*ly, adv. -- Joc"und*ness, n.

agreeable; pleasant. "A jolly cool wind." Sir T. North. [Now mostly colloq.] Full jolly knight he seemed, and fair did sit. Spenser. The coachman is swelled into jolly dimensions. W. Irving.

To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt. [Written also just.] For the whole army to joust and tourney. Holland.

n or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity. Such joy made Una, when her knight she found. Spenser. The roofs with joy resound. Dryden.

To utter a sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.

A block of timber cut to a length, either in the round or split. Knight.

A feast; an entertainment. A new jaunt or junket every night. Thackeray.

ore. Dryden. The god Pan guided my hand just to the heart of the beast. Sir P. Sidney. To-night, at Herne's oak, just 'twixt twelve and one. Shak.

s habroptilus), native of New Zealand. It lives in holes during the day, but is active at night. It resembles an owl in its colors and general appearance. It has large wings, but can fly only a short distance. Called also owl parrot, night parrot, and night kaka.

o; to maintain; as, to keep silence; to keep one's word; to keep possession. Both day and night did we keep company. Shak. Within this portal as I kept my watch. Smollett.

closely resembling rubber; -- used principally as an insulating material in telegraphy. Knight.

- Kettle stitch (Bookbinding), the stitch made in sewing at the head and tail of a book. Knight.

a monarch; the sphere in which one is king or has control. Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. Shak. You're welcome, Most learned reverend sir, into our kingdom. Shak.