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which was hostile to extension of slavery, public debts, corporate privileges, etc., and supported Van Buren against Cass for president in 1848; --opposed to Hunker. [Political Cant, U. S.]

tom to prevent rapid oscillations of the mercury, and suspended in gimbals from an arm or support on shipboard. -- Mountain barometer, a portable mercurial barometer with tripod support, and long scale, for measuring heights. -- Siphon barometer, a barometer having a tube bent like a hook with the longer leg closed a…

In Ireland, a territorial division, corresponding nearly to the English hundred, and supposed to have been originally the district of a native chief. There are 252 of these baronies. In Scotland, an extensive freehold. It may be held by a commoner. Brande & C.

To supply with barracks; to establish in barracks; as, to barrack troops.

A support having handles, and with or without a wheel, on which heavy or bulky things can be transported by hand. See Handbarrow, and Wheelbarrow.

The bottom of anything, considered as its support, or that on which something rests for support; the foundation; as, the base of a statue. "The base of mighty mountains." Prescott.

Having a base, or having as a base; supported; as, broad-based.

Without a base; having no foundation or support. "The baseless fabric of this vision." Shak.

Pertaining to certain parts, anciently supposed to have a specially important function in the animal economy, as the middle vein of the right arm.

A large piece of ordnance, so called from its supposed resemblance to the serpent of that name, or from its size. [Obs.]

The ground work the first or fundamental principle; that which supports. The basis of public credit is good faith. A. Hamilton.

and rivers. [Written also, but less properly, batteau.] Bateau bridge, a floating bridge supported by bateaux.

gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and preserved in alcohol. He supposed that it was free living protoplasm, covering a large part of the ocean bed. It is now known that the substance is of chemical, not of organic, origin.

To be supplied with provisions from the buttery. [Univ. of Oxford, Eng.]

A student at Oxford who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for, answering nearly to a sizar at Cambridge. Wright.

A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman. Whereby ye shall bind me to be your poor beadsman for ever unto Almighty God. Fuller.

That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.

A large drinking cup, with a wide mouth, supported on a foot or standard.

The beams of a vessel are strong pieces of timber stretching across from side to side to support the decks. Totten.

To support or sustain; to hold up.