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A frame with a wire cloth bottom, on which the pump is drained to form a sheet, in making paper by hand.

that which, molds or forms into shape; specifically (Founding), one skilled in the art of making molds for castings.

The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.

The time occupied by the moon in making one revolution in her orbit; a month. Shak.

of Guiana and Trinidad (Dimorphandra excelsa); also, its timber, used in shipbuilding and making furniture.

A great quantity or number. [Prov. Eng.] There was a mort of merrymaking. Dickens.

res and feeds upon mosquitoes. -- Mosquito netting, a loosely-woven gauzelike fabric for making mosquito bars.

A device utilized in the making of a loud-speaking telephone, depending on the fact that the friction between a metallic point and a moving cylinder of moistened chalk, or a moving slip of paper, on which it rests is diminished by the passage of a current between the point and the moving surface. -- Mo`to*graph"ic (#),…

ry, a tree (Broussonetia papyrifera), related to the true mulberry, used in Polynesia for making tapa cloth by macerating and pounding the inner bark, and in China and Japan for the manufacture of paper. It is seen as a shade tree in America.

The act of making a mummy.

Uttering murmurs; making low sounds; complaining. -- Mur"mur*ing*ly, adv.

The art of making discriminations between objects of choice, of discovering the whereabouts of hidden objects, etc., by inference from the involuntary movements of one whose hand the reader holds or with whom he is otherwise in muscular contact.

se-grained, neavy wood of a brownish color, brought from Brazil, and used in turning, for making the handles of tools, and the like. [Written also mostahiba.] MaElrath.

Making or producing myths; giving rise to mythical narratives. The mythopoeic fertility of the Greeks. Grote.

Making or producing myths or mythical tales.

lations. -- To take a name in vain, to use a name lightly or profanely; to use a name in making flippant or dishonest oaths. Ex. xx. 7.

The act of contracting, or of making or becoming less in breadth or extent.

The act of making necessary, or the state of being made necessary; compulsion. [R.] bp. Bramhall.

To reduce the diameter of (an object) near its end, by making a groove around it; -- used with down; as, to neck down a shaft. v. t. & i. To kiss and caress amorously. n. necking

The combination of timber and plaster making the outside framework of some houses.