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The state of being melted or dissolved by heat; a state of fluidity or flowing in consequence of heat; as, metals in fusion.

The wood of the Maclura tinctoria, a tree growing in the West Indies, used in dyeing yellow; -- called also old fustic. [Written also fustoc.]

A plant of the genus Myrica, growing in wet places, and strongly resembling the bayberry. The sweet gale (Myrica Gale) is found both in Europe and in America.

A sailing vessel of the 15th and following centuries, often having three or four decks, and used for war or commerce. The term is often rather indiscriminately applied to any large sailing vessel. The gallens . . . were huge, round-stemmed, clumsy vessels, with bulwarks three or four feet thick, and built up at stem an…

s between one room and another; also, a long hole or passage excavated by a boring or burrowing animal.

The inspissated juice of a plant (Uncaria Gambir) growing in Malacca. It is a powerful astringent, and, under the name of Terra Japonica, is used for chewing with the Areca nut, and is exported for tanning and dyeing.

Showing an unyielding spirit to the last; plucky; furnishing sport; as, a gamy trout.

Showing self-forgetfulness in surprise, astonishment, expectation, etc. With gaping wonderment had stared aghast. Byron.

An old cry in throwing water, slops, etc., from the windows in Edingburgh. Sir. W. Scott.

by a creditor against a debtor, such person holding property belonging to the debtor, or owing him money.

piece of cloth by a thread; to pucker; to plait; as, to gather a ruffle. Gathering his flowing robe, he seemed to stand In act to speak, and graceful stretched his hand. Pope.

Characterized by generosity; abundant; overflowing; as, a generous table. Swift.

Pertaining to nativities; calculated by astrologers; showing position of stars at one's birth. Howell.

Relating to, or showing, geotropism.

applied to verbal or participal nouns in -ing denoting a transitive action; e. g., by throwing a stone.

To procure to be, or to cause to be in any state or condition; -- with a following participle. Those things I bid you do; get them dispatched. Shak.

ugh a majority of the western tribes of the United States, only in the case of the Sioux, owing to local causes, leading to an outbreak.

The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing; as, the office is in the gift of the President.

, as for a journey or for work, in allusion to the ancient custom of gathering the long flowing garments into the girdle and tightening it before any exertion; hence, adjectively, eagerly or constantly active; strenuous; striving. "A severer, more girt-up way of living." J. C. Shairp.

The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.