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An opening made with an edged instrument; a cleft; a gash; a slash; a wound made by cutting; as, a sword cut.

gine after a definite point in a stroke, so as to allow the remainder of the stroke to be made by the expansive force of the steam already let in. See Expansion gear, under Expansion.

A seat in old Scottish churches, where offenders were made to sit, for public rebuke by the minister.

sometimes embroidered or interwoven with gold. Also, a rich stuff from which the gown was made.

A musical instrument used by gypsies and others, made of steel wire, in a triangular form, on which are movable rings.

Acoarse woolen fabric made of daglocks, or the refuse of wool. "Under coverlets made of dagswain." Holinshed.

A city of Syria. Damascus blade, a sword or scimiter, made chiefly at Damascus, having a variegated appearance of watering, and proverbial for excellence. -- Damascus iron, or Damascus twist, metal formed of thin bars or wires of iron and steel elaborately twisted and welded together; used for making gun barrels, etc.…

eavy woolen or worsted stuff with a pattern woven in the same way as the linen damask; -- made for furniture covering and hangings.

Made up like a dandy; having the dress or manners of a dandy; buckish.

time (as day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, or executed, or made; as, the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin. etc. And bonds without a date, they say, are void. Dryden.

y a person who charters a whole vessel but fails to make out a full cargo. The payment is made for the unoccupied capacity. Abbott. -- Dead ground (Mining), the portion of a vein in which there is no ore. -- Dead hand, a hand that can not alienate, as of a person civilly dead. "Serfs held in dead hand." Morley. See M…

A strong shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water in a storm.

The division of a piece of timber made by sawing; a board or plank; particularly, a board or plank of fir or pine above seven inches in width, and exceeding six feet in length. If narrower than this, it is called a batten; if shorter, a deal end.

ng; intemperance; drunkenness; lewdness; debauchery. The first physicians by debauch were made. Dryden.

d. Decarbonized iron. See Malleable iron. -- Decarbonized steel, homogenous wrought iron made by a steel process, as that of Bessemer; ingot iron.

The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when made nearly flat.

Angle of declination, the angle made by a descending line, or plane, with a horizontal plane. -- Circle of declination, a circle parallel to the celestial equator. -- Declination compass (Physics), a compass arranged for finding the declination of the magnetic needle. -- Declination of the compass or needle, the hor…

Repeatedly compound; made up of complex constituents.

An edict or law made by a council for regulating any business within their jurisdiction; as, the decrees of ecclesiastical councils.

The collection of ecclesiastical decrees and decisions made, by order of Gregory IX., in 1234, by St. Raymond of Pennafort.